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SEQUENCE RETROGRADANTE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2011-01-05
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Tectonics
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- backstepping sequence
1, record 1, English, backstepping%20sequence
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- back-stepping sequence 2, record 1, English, back%2Dstepping%20sequence
correct
- retrogradational sequence 3, record 1, English, retrogradational%20sequence
correct
- retrograding sequence 4, record 1, English, retrograding%20sequence
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Backstepping sequences in the latest stage of the transgression are characterized by depositional environments that backstep due to the increasing rate of creation of accommodation space. Shelf-members of these sequences show mainly high-energy facies. Backstepping sequences thin upward to a surface of drowning (drowning unconformity), which corresponds to the maximum flooding surface of the last well-developed sequence. 5, record 1, English, - backstepping%20sequence
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
... it is known that at the Southern North Sea coast retrogradational sequences are generally represented by a sequence of peat covered by brackish and marine deposits. Progradational sequences are generally represented by a sequence of marine and brackish deposits covered by peat. 6, record 1, English, - backstepping%20sequence
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
backstepping sequence: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 7, record 1, English, - backstepping%20sequence
Record 1, Key term(s)
- retro-gradational sequence
- retro-grading sequence
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- séquence rétrogradante
1, record 1, French, s%C3%A9quence%20r%C3%A9trogradante
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Séquences rétrogradantes. - Caractéristiques des termes pélitiques déposés lors des périodes transgressives, ces séquences de type A [...] sont généralement non modales, rarement bimodales; leur organisation interne est stratodécroissante et granodécroissante, à évolution transgressive «Deepening up». 2, record 1, French, - s%C3%A9quence%20r%C3%A9trogradante
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Séries charbonneuses dans des séquences rétrogradantes : cas du bassin houiller paralique westphalien de Jérada (Maroc). 3, record 1, French, - s%C3%A9quence%20r%C3%A9trogradante
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
S’oppose à «séquence progradante». 4, record 1, French, - s%C3%A9quence%20r%C3%A9trogradante
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
séquence rétrogradante : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada-Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 4, record 1, French, - s%C3%A9quence%20r%C3%A9trogradante
Record 1, Key term(s)
- séquence rétro-gradante
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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