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FORMATION FAILLES NORMALES [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2006-11-15
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Tectonics
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- normal faulting
1, record 1, English, normal%20faulting
correct, see observation
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The break was probably not clean, but probably involved necking and thinning of the crust by both normal faulting and plastic stretching. 2, record 1, English, - normal%20faulting
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Normal faulting is now thought to be an important way in which metamorphic rocks come to be at the earth's surface today. 3, record 1, English, - normal%20faulting
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
normal faulting: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 4, record 1, English, - normal%20faulting
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- formation de failles normales
1, record 1, French, formation%20de%20failles%20normales
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- jeu de failles normales 2, record 1, French, jeu%20de%20failles%20normales
correct, see observation, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La cassure n'était probablement pas franche, caractérisée peut-être par une extension et un amincissement de la croûte découlant de la formation de failles normales et d'un étirement plastique. 3, record 1, French, - formation%20de%20failles%20normales
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Une sédimentation, parfois sableuse mais surtout marneuse et marno-calcaire comble les zones subsidentes au fur et a mesure de leur enfoncement. Cette subsidence se fait par le jeu de failles normales. 4, record 1, French, - formation%20de%20failles%20normales
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
jeu de failles normales : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 5, record 1, French, - formation%20de%20failles%20normales
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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