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TERRANE PERICRATONIQUE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2011-01-27
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Tectonics
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- pericratonic terrane
1, record 1, English, pericratonic%20terrane
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The Cordilleran orogen in Canada features a collage of fragmented, Mesozoic and older, largely volcanic, exotic terranes. ... The exotic terranes were amalgamated into two composite superterranes that were successively accreted to ancestral North America during the Mesozoic. In addition, a pericratonic terrane, largely of upper Paleozoic sediments, arc volcanics, and granitoid plutons, and older rocks, lies between the exotic terranes and the continental margin prism. 2, record 1, English, - pericratonic%20terrane
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
pericratonic terrane: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 3, record 1, English, - pericratonic%20terrane
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- terrane péricratonique
1, record 1, French, terrane%20p%C3%A9ricratonique
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Dans le centre du Yukon, le terrane péricratonique Yukon-Tanana (YT) est juxtaposé au terrane Cassiar (CT - Amérique du Nord parautochtone) le long de la zone de faille Tummel (TFZ) - une ceinture de 3 à 4 km de large, à tendance nord-ouest et comprenant des tranches de faille imbriquées du terrane de Slide Mountain (SM - roches vertes, chert, serpentinite) et des roches clastiques synorogéniques. 2, record 1, French, - terrane%20p%C3%A9ricratonique
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
terrane péricratonique : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 3, record 1, French, - terrane%20p%C3%A9ricratonique
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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