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CHARNIERE ANTICLINALE [3 records]

Record 1 2009-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
  • Economic Geology
DEF

Saddle-shaped ore vein formed between sedimentary beds in the crests of anticlinal structures.

OBS

As opposed to "trough vein."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géologie économique
CONT

Ainsi se localisent les «filons en selle» («saddle reefs») dans les voûtes anticlinales [...]

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
Key term(s)
  • crest of an anticline
  • anticlinal hinge line

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

La charnière [...] anticlinale est le lieu des points de courbure maximum de la couche la plus récente intéressée par le pli.

CONT

La partie la plus basse du synclinal est la charnière synclinale; la partie la plus élevée de l'anticlinal, la charnière anticlinale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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Record 3 1990-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

Individual veins display different types of geometric and age relationships to the fold. In the Meguma terrane, veins in anticlinal hinge areas are typically stacked and saddle-shaped, and may follow folded beds over significant distances....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
OBS

voir "hinge area", en géomorphologie.

Spanish

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