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FAILLES ECHELON [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

Separate faults having parallel but steplike trends

OBS

The group [has] one more or less general direction but with the individuals parallel to each other and at an angle to that direction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
OBS

Les failles se décomposent souvent en gradins : failles en gradins [...] Les gradins peuvent être disposés en échelons [...]

Spanish

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