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FRACTURATION ROCHES [7 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2010-12-19
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Astrophysics and Cosmography
- Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- shatter cone
1, record 1, English, shatter%20cone
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- shear cone 2, record 1, English, shear%20cone
- pressure cone 2, record 1, English, pressure%20cone
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A distinctively striated conical structure in rocks, ranging in length from less than a centimeter to several meters, along which fracturing has occurred. 2, record 1, English, - shatter%20cone
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The presence of shatter cones is evidence that there has been meteor impact. 3, record 1, English, - shatter%20cone
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
The shock features include shatter cones, and planar dislocations and kink bands in certain rock-forming minerals ... 4, record 1, English, - shatter%20cone
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Shatter cones are] generally found in nested or composite groups in the rocks of impact structures and formed by shock waves generated by impact. 2, record 1, English, - shatter%20cone
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
shatter cone: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 5, record 1, English, - shatter%20cone
Record 1, Key term(s)
- shattercone
- shatter-cone
- shear-cone
- pressure-cone
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Astrophysique et cosmographie
- Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- cône de percussion
1, record 1, French, c%C3%B4ne%20de%20percussion
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- cône de fracturation 2, record 1, French, c%C3%B4ne%20de%20fracturation
correct, masculine noun
- fracture conique 3, record 1, French, fracture%20conique
correct, feminine noun
- cône de fracture 4, record 1, French, c%C3%B4ne%20de%20fracture
correct, feminine noun
- cône de pression 5, record 1, French, c%C3%B4ne%20de%20pression
correct, masculine noun
- cône de rupture 4, record 1, French, c%C3%B4ne%20de%20rupture
correct, masculine noun
- shattercone 6, record 1, French, shattercone
avoid, anglicism, masculine noun
- shatter-cone 7, record 1, French, shatter%2Dcone
avoid, anglicism, masculine noun
- shatter cone 8, record 1, French, shatter%20cone
avoid, anglicism, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Structure conique striée qui se forme dans les roches à grains fins sous la pression intense d’un impact météoritique. 9, record 1, French, - c%C3%B4ne%20de%20percussion
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
L’onde de choc génère des dommages permanents dans les roches de la région cible, dommages d’aspect unique qui permettent de reconnaître sans ambiguïté un site d’impact. Il s’agit, entre autres, de fractures coniques ou shattercones. 6, record 1, French, - c%C3%B4ne%20de%20percussion
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
[Les] structures de choc comprennent des fractures coniques ainsi que des plans de dislocation et des kinkbands dans certains minéraux essentiels des roches ignées [...] 10, record 1, French, - c%C3%B4ne%20de%20percussion
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 CONT
Les cônes de percussion sont encore appelés cônes de pression, de fracturation, et shatter cones par les auteurs américains. Ils se développent dans les roches compétentes à grain fin(microgranites, lamprophyres). La roche présente un débit suivant des surfaces coniques dont les stries divergent à partir du sommet du cône. 11, record 1, French, - c%C3%B4ne%20de%20percussion
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
cône de fracturation : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 12, record 1, French, - c%C3%B4ne%20de%20percussion
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2010-10-11
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- adamellite
1, record 2, English, adamellite
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- quartz monzonite 2, record 2, English, quartz%20monzonite
correct
- quartz-monzonite 3, record 2, English, quartz%2Dmonzonite
correct
- quartz-bearing monzonite 4, record 2, English, quartz%2Dbearing%20monzonite
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
An intrusive igneous rock that has an approximately equal proportion of orthoclase and plagioclase feldspars. 5, record 2, English, - adamellite
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Frequently at the contacts of skarns and intrusions there is a completely gradational contact and this is the case at the Memé copper mine where a large block of Cretaceous limestone has been surrounded by quartz-monzonite. 3, record 2, English, - adamellite
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
quartz monzonite: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 6, record 2, English, - adamellite
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- adamellite
1, record 2, French, adamellite
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- monzonite quartzique 2, record 2, French, monzonite%20quartzique
correct, feminine noun
- monzonite quartzifère 3, record 2, French, monzonite%20quartzif%C3%A8re
correct, feminine noun
- granite monzonitique 4, record 2, French, granite%20monzonitique
masculine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Roche acide contenant orthose, plagioclase, quartz, hornblende et biotite. 5, record 2, French, - adamellite
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] la minéralisation de nombreux porphyres cuprifères est liée à la densité de fracturation précoce des roches encaissantes, souvent des monzonites quartzifères. 3, record 2, French, - adamellite
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Le terme d’«adamellite» peut être considéré comme synonyme de granite monzonitique. 4, record 2, French, - adamellite
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
monzonite quartzique : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 6, record 2, French, - adamellite
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2005-08-04
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Geophysics
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- geological structure
1, record 3, English, geological%20structure
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Reduced to its simplest terms, it could be said that the task of the geothermal geologists is to reduce, as accurately as possible and as funds and circumstances permit, a three-dimensional 'model' of the geological structure of an allegedly thermal region to as great a depth as may be practicable, and to deduce promising drilling sites therefrom. 2, record 3, English, - geological%20structure
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Géophysique
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- structure géologique
1, record 3, French, structure%20g%C3%A9ologique
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La tâche du géologue géothermicien est d’établir le plus précisément possible un «modèle» à trois dimensions de la structure géologique d’une région thermique présumée, d’une profondeur la plus grande possible, et de déduire à partir de là les sites des forages prometteurs. 2, record 3, French, - structure%20g%C3%A9ologique
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[La structure géologique] concerne la disposition des strates sédimentaires ou éruptives(coulées volcaniques) et des plans d’orientation cristallophylliens ainsi que leur fracturation. C'est l'aspect interstratification éventuelle et tectonique cassante qui est étudié dans le cas des roches éruptives de type granitique, voire l'épaisseur de leur altération. Cette structure est très importante à connaître pour la profondeur de la surface de glissement, le volume en mouvement, les méthodes thérapeutiques, la prévision... 3, record 3, French, - structure%20g%C3%A9ologique
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2005-03-07
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Mining Dangers and Mine Safety
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- fall
1, record 4, English, fall
correct, noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
- roof fall 2, record 4, English, roof%20fall
correct
- fall of roof 3, record 4, English, fall%20of%20roof
correct
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The collapse of the roof of a level or tunnel, or of a flat working place or stall; the collapse of the hanging wall of an inclined working place or stope. 4, record 4, English, - fall
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Unless the immediate roof, in the excavated area, is given support by artificial means, it might fall or there might be a succession of falls, varying from a thin scale to several feet, depending on the nature of the top. 5, record 4, English, - fall
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Exploitation minière (dangers et sécurité)
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- éboulement
1, record 4, French, %C3%A9boulement
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- éboulement du toit 2, record 4, French, %C3%A9boulement%20du%20toit
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Chute de terres, rochers, matériaux, constructions qui s’éboulent. 3, record 4, French, - %C3%A9boulement
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Pour une section réduite, à profondeur faible, la galerie tiendra sans soutènement artificiel, le toit travaillant à la manière d’un pont ou d’une voûte, et reportant dans les parois [...] les efforts verticaux(autrefois supportés par les roches enlevées). Au-delà d’une certaine limite, il y aura par contre fracturation des roches, puis éboulement(celui-ci s’amorçant aux points où la surcharge est la plus grande). 4, record 4, French, - %C3%A9boulement
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Explotación minera (peligros y seguridad)
Record 4, Main entry term, Spanish
- desprendimiento
1, record 4, Spanish, desprendimiento
masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 4, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2004-06-08
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Geology
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- stratigraphic channelway
1, record 5, English, stratigraphic%20channelway
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Hydrothermal fluids, released by crystallization and hydrofracturing of the pluton, infiltrated stratigraphic and structural channelways to react with calcareous host rock and calc-silicate hornfels to form prograde skarn. 1, record 5, English, - stratigraphic%20channelway
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Géologie
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- voie stratigraphique
1, record 5, French, voie%20stratigraphique
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les fluides hydrothermaux, libérés par la cristallisation et la fracturation hydraulique du pluton, se sont infiltrés par les voies stratigraphiques et structurales, puis ont réagi avec les roches hôtes calcareuses ainsi qu'avec les cornéennes calco-silicatées pour former des skarns d’altération prograde. 1, record 5, French, - voie%20stratigraphique
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 2001-11-06
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Geology
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- angle of shear
1, record 6, English, angle%20of%20shear
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The angle between the planes of maximum shear which is bisected by the axis of greatest compression. 2, record 6, English, - angle%20of%20shear
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Géologie
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- angle de cisaillement
1, record 6, French, angle%20de%20cisaillement
correct, masculine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
- angle de glissement 2, record 6, French, angle%20de%20glissement
correct, masculine noun
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Angle entre les plans de cisaillement maximal et dont la bissectrice est l’axe de plus grande compression. 3, record 6, French, - angle%20de%20cisaillement
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 DEF
[Dans la fracturation expérimentale des roches] angle [...] entre la direction de compression et les fractures de cisaillement [...] 2, record 6, French, - angle%20de%20cisaillement
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
L’angle de cisaillement [...] est toujours inférieur à 45°. Il varie suivant les matériaux; plus le matériau est compétent, c’est-à-dire cassant (ne pas confondre avec la dureté) plus cet angle est faible. 2, record 6, French, - angle%20de%20cisaillement
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 2001-08-14
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Boring and Drilling (Mines)
- Oil Drilling
- Petrography
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- rock-fracturing
1, record 7, English, rock%2Dfracturing
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Rock-fracturing is, however, a very promising line of investigation that could well lead to a tremendous extension of the quantity of exploitable earth heat available to us. 1, record 7, English, - rock%2Dfracturing
Record 7, Key term(s)
- rock fracturing
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Sondage et forage miniers
- Forage des puits de pétrole
- Pétrographie
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- fracturation des roches
1, record 7, French, fracturation%20des%20roches
feminine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
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