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FORMATION FAILLES [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

The movement which produces relative displacement of adjacent rock masses along a fracture.

CONT

Mineable thicknesses of ore ... may consist of deposits where the ore beds are repeated by folding and faulting ...

PHR

Deep faulting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

Un relâchement soudain de la pression des fluides hydrothermaux (p. ex. par la formation de failles) peut entraîner une bréchification, se manifestant par des unités légèrement déplacées à complètement broyées dans les roches à comportement fragile [...]

PHR

Formation de failles profondes.

Spanish

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