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Record 1 2004-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Petrography
DEF

Nearly but not quite vertical.

CONT

Breccias ... are commonly subvertical and pipe-like, but can also be dyke-like to irregular in shape.

CONT

Stockwork ... consisting of shallowly dipping sigmoidal veins and subvertical veins.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Les brèches [...] sont souvent subverticales et adoptent la forme de cheminées, mais elles peuvent aussi ressembler à des dykes ou avoir une forme irrégulière.

CONT

Quant à la mise en place de ces granites, elle s'est faite en feuillets parallèles et subverticaux, au sein des séries les plus fortement comprimées.

CONT

[...] une couche calcaire subverticale.

Spanish

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