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PERICLINAL PLUNGE [1 record]

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Record 1 1977-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

(...) the axis of an anticline plunges in a given direction, but this is not the case for the axes of adjacent synclines. The relative height of the anticline diminishes and ends by disappearing, often presenting a "periclinal plunge".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
OBS

(...) l'axe d'un anticlinal plonge dans une direction, mais non ceux des synclinaux voisins: la hauteur relative de l'anticlinal diminue, et il finit par disparaître, en présentant souvent un "plongement périclinal".

Spanish

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