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CROUTE TERRESTRE [12 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2015-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

The bending up or down of rocks in the Earth's crust that is caused by pressure, either from within the Earth (for example by mountain building) or from on top of it (for example by crustal subsidence or crustal rebound).

CONT

Also known as crustal deformation, crustal displacement is induced by the movement of the Earth's tectonic plates. This activity can produce a variety of landforms at the surface of the Earth, depending on the duration of the process involved in their formation.

OBS

Most crustal deformation occurs along plate margins.

OBS

crustal deformation: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Déformation [...] par rapport au géoïde, du fait des mouvements de convection dans le manteau en dessous, et des contraintes qui s'exercent aux limites entre les plaques.

OBS

déformation de la croûte terrestre; déformation de la croûte : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
DEF

Movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust.

OBS

motion; movement: A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something.

OBS

crustal motion; crustal movement: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
CONT

Cette épaisseur réduite des sédiments meubles est liée aux importantes et fréquentes variations du niveau marin depuis les deux derniers millions d'années [...], associée à des mouvements crustaux faibles à modérés, eux même liés au contexte de marge continentale stable dont fait partie la zone d'étude.

CONT

Des mesures GPS [abréviation de l'anglais «Global Positioning System»] dans l'état de Washington ont documenté le déplacement crustal dû au tremblement de terre de Nisqually, illustrant les nombreuses applications de cette technique.

OBS

déplacement crustal; mouvement de la croûte (terrestre) : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Key term(s)
  • déplacement de la croûte

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

The outermost solid layer of the Earth, mostly consisting of crystalline rock and extending no more than a few miles from the surface to the Mohorovicic discontinuity.

CONT

Earth's outermost, rigid, rocky layer is called the crust. It is composed of low-density, easily melted rocks; the continental crust is predominantly granitic rock, while composition of the oceanic crust corresponds mainly to that of basalt and gabbro. Analyses of seismic waves, generated by earthquakes within Earth's interior, show that the crust extends about 50 km (30 miles) beneath the continents but only 5-10 km (3-6) miles beneath the ocean floors.

CONT

In composition, the Earth is made of three nested spheres. At the center of the Earth, a body of intensely hot iron and nickel forms the core. A less dense and much larger middle sphere is made of materials rich in iron, magnesium and calcium comprises the mantle. The outermost layer is a thin veneer of lighter rocks called the crust.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
DEF

Couche de roches située près de la surface de la Terre.

CONT

Au cours des temps géologiques, l'écorce se différencia en une croûte continentale formée principalement de roches granitiques [...] et en une croûte océanique formée de roches basaltiques [...] La limite entre le manteau et l'écorce est appelé discontinuité de Mohorovicic ou Moho.

CONT

La partie la plus superficielle de la partie solide [de la Terre] c'est la croûte. Sous les océans, elle ne dépasse pas sept kilomètres d'épaisseur, alors que sous les continents, elle varie entre 20 et 70 kilomètres.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología
DEF

Parte superior de la envolvente externa del globo terráqueo, que yace sobre el manto a lo largo de la discontinuidad de Mohorovicic.

OBS

Constituye el 1 por 1 000 del volumen de la Tierra, con un grosor bastante variable.

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Record 4 2004-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
PHR

Rate of crustal growth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
PHR

Vitesse de croissance de la croûte terrestre.

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
OBS

In 1964, four institutions (Scripps Institution of Oceanography - University of California, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory - Columbia University, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science - University of Miami, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) joined together to form the Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling (JOIDES). This became a national effort to explore the geological and geophysical structure of the sea floor through a systematic program of ocean drilling, the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
Key term(s)
  • Programme conjoint d’échantillonnage en profondeur de la croûte terrestre, des institutions océanographiques

Spanish

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Record 6 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Geology
OBS

Pacific Science Association (PSA).

Key term(s)
  • Solid Earth Sciences Committee

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Géologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
  • Geología
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Record 7 1989-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Geological Research and Exploration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques

Spanish

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Record 8 1987-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
OBS

Traduction "Projet de la dynamique de la croûte terrestre de la NASA" est utilisée à la section de traduction de: Énergie, Mines et Ressources.

Key term(s)
  • Projet de la dynamique de la croûte terrestre de la NASA

Spanish

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Record 9 1985-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie

Spanish

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Record 10 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie

Spanish

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Record 11 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geophysics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géophysique

Spanish

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Record 12 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie

Spanish

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