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MOUVEMENT CISAILLANT [2 records]

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Record 1 2010-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
DEF

... [passive] margin created by transform motion between the separating plates or between newly formed ocean crust and ocean.

CONT

Passive margins can be divided into two categories: rifted margins ..., and transform margins ...

OBS

transform margin: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
DEF

[...] marge stable [ou marge passive] qui résulte d’un mouvement cisaillant le long d’une faille transformante, mettant en contact de la croûte continentale et de la croûte océanique.

OBS

marge transformante : Terme utilisé par certains auteurs, dont Mattauer. Ce terme est cependant incorrect puisque la marge elle même ne transforme rien.

OBS

marge transformante : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

Over a much shorter length, the South Sandwich arc also shows as a region of compression bordered by strike-slip motion, smaller, however (2 to 4 cm-y.).

OBS

strike-slip movement; strike-slip motion; strike-slip faulting: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

Sur une longueur beaucoup plus faible, l’arc des Antilles du Sud apparaît de même comme un lieu de compression encadré de coulissages, d’ailleurs moindres (2 à 4 cm-an).

OBS

coulissage; jeu des décrochements; mouvement cisaillant : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada-Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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