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TECTONIQUE COUCHE EPAISSE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2009-06-10
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Tectonics
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- thick-skinned tectonics
1, record 1, English, thick%2Dskinned%20tectonics
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The collision of such an arc ... with the Laurentian margin and the accreted ophiolites might account for the transition from regional deformation dominated by obduction-related and thin-skinned tectonics to a tectonic style dominated by thick-skinned basement tectonics, and would have induced the formation of the southeast-verging backthrusts and backfolds in the metamorphic rocks of the internal Humber Zone and the adjacent ophiolites ... 2, record 1, English, - thick%2Dskinned%20tectonics
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
The orogeny was a mountain-building event characterized by basement-involved uplifts along high-angle reverse faults (thick-skinned tectonics), located 800 miles (1,287 km) inland from the subduction zone purported to cause it. 3, record 1, English, - thick%2Dskinned%20tectonics
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Pliocene salt and active Quaternary basement normal faulting resulted in the development of numerous salt structures and in different degrees of decoupling between thick-skinned basement tectonics and thin-skinned cover tectonics ... 4, record 1, English, - thick%2Dskinned%20tectonics
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
thick-skinned tectonics: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 5, record 1, English, - thick%2Dskinned%20tectonics
Record 1, Key term(s)
- thick-skin tectonics
- thick skin tectonics
- thick skinned tectonics
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- tectonique à couche épaisse
1, record 1, French, tectonique%20%C3%A0%20couche%20%C3%A9paisse
feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- tectonique à peau épaisse 2, record 1, French, tectonique%20%C3%A0%20peau%20%C3%A9paisse
feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Tectonique à couche superficielle mince et épaisse dans les Pyrénées. 1, record 1, French, - tectonique%20%C3%A0%20couche%20%C3%A9paisse
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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