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BASINING [1 record]

Record 1 2005-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

A settlement of the ground in the form of basins, in many cases, at least, due to the solution and transportation of underground deposits of salt and gypsum.

OBS

Such basining produces numerous depressions ... in the high-plains region east of the Rocky Mountains.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

Les socles subissent des gauchissements [...], des bombements [...], et, au contraire, des affaissements (en cuvette) [...]

CONT

Les gîtes filoniens d'argent-cobalt à arséniures [...] se rencontrent dans des régions ayant été le siège d'un rifting et d'une subsidence de bassin [...]

Spanish

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