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Record 1 1992-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

Shear zones may consist of a single planar zone, or a network of anastomosing shears between which there are lenticular to lozenge-shaped blocks of relatively "unsheared" rocks ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
OBS

Une région faillée apparaît (...) comme un "damier" dont les cases sont le plus souvent des parallélogrammes (...), certaines de ces cases étant affaissées, d'autres surélevées.

OBS

Exemple de shear zones aurifères. Golden Mile, Kalgoorlie, Australie (...). Décrite par C.A. Boulter et al. (1987), la minéralisation présente une minéralogie simple de pyrite aurifère dans un système de shear zones anastomosées, liées à des fractures de tension dans les dolérites.

Spanish

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