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Record 1 2003-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

A stable area marginal to an orogenic belt, toward which the rocks of the belt were thrust or overfolded.

CONT

The side of the range toward which the overturned folds incline is called the foreland ...

CONT

Regional zoning occurs on a very large scale often corresponding to large sections of orogenic belts and their foreland ...

OBS

Generally the foreland is a continental part of the crust, and is the edge of the craton or platform area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Masse continentale demeurée stable vers laquelle la chaîne [de montagnes d'un géosynclinal] se trouve déversée [...]

CONT

Dans le concept de la tectonique des plaques, l'avant-pays représente l'ancienne marge stable, comme la bordure orientale du Massif central constitue l'avant-pays des Alpes.)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tectónica
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