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FRONTIERE FORMEE ZONES SUBDUCTION [2 records]

Record 1 2021-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
DEF

[The] place where an oceanic tectonic plate dives under either a continental plate or under another oceanic plate.

CONT

A subduction zone is typically marked by an oceanic trench, lines of volcanoes and crustal deformation associated with mountain building.

OBS

subduction zone: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Active, extinct subduction zone.

PHR

Subduction zone boundary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
DEF

Zone de convergence où une portion de la lithosphère océanique s’enfonce sous une plaque continentale ou une autre plaque océanique, avec formation d’une fosse océanique et accompagnée d’un volcanisme actif.

OBS

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

PHR

Zone de subduction active. Ancienne zone de subduction.

PHR

Frontière formée de zones de subduction.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tectónica de placas
  • Vulcanología y sismología
DEF

Zona marginal en la que una placa cortical es absorbida, bajo otra placa, por el manto superior, a lo largo de una superficie sísmica de Benioff.

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Record 2 2008-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
DEF

The region between converging plates, one of which dives beneath the other.

CONT

The Cascadia subduction zone boundary ... is an example.

OBS

subduction zone boundary: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
CONT

Forces aux limites de plaques dans les zones de subduction et les zones de compression arc-fosse.

OBS

Les plaques] peuvent se déplacer horizontalement sur leur substratum plus visqueux (moins rigide) : l’asthénosphère. Les limites entre elles (frontières) sont de trois types : rift océanique, zone de subduction et faille transformante.

OBS

frontière formée de zones de subduction : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada-Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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