cortèges progradants
English translation: prograding systems tract
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prograding stream Explanation: * -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2009-02-16 11:48:43 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- www.pubs.asce.org/WWWdisplay.cgi?0528003 - 11k (The American Society of Civil Eng) Example sentence(s):
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prograding systems tract Explanation: systems tract 1. n. [Geology] ID: 491 Subdivisions of sequences that consist of discrete depositional units that differ in geometry from other systems tracts and have distinct boundaries on seismic data. Different systems tracts are considered to represent different phases of eustatic changes. A lowstand systems tract develops during times of relatively low sea level; a highstand systems tract at times of high sea level; and a transgressive systems tract at times of changing sea level. http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/Display.cfm?Term=system... CORTÈGE DE BORDURES DE BASSIN : SHELF-MARGIN-WEDGE SYSTEMS TRACT, fonned by sédiments deposited iv/ien thé sealevel is low near thé edge of thé coastal ... books.google.com/books?isbn=2710807491... The LOW-STAND SYSTEMS TRACT has been totally eroded by the tidal ravinement ..... comme un CORTÈGE DE BAS NIVEAU MARIN (LST : LOWSTAND SYSTEMS TRACT), ... linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1631071305001756 Le CORTEGE TRANSGRESSIF, RETROGRADANT ("TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACT") est délimité par la surface de première inondation et la surface d'inondation maximale ... www2.ulg.ac.be/geolsed/sedim/compl_sedim.htm -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2009-02-16 12:20:06 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- and the first fluvial terrace level observed onshore (Le Strat et al., 2001) may correspond to the onset of the PROGRADING SYSTEMS TRACT 7. ... linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0264817205000589 systems tract on sea level rise in a strongly tide-dominated basin, whereas the IHS brackish channels record the PROGRADING SYSTEMS TRACT at highstand. ... www.searchanddiscovery.net/abstracts/html/2008/hedberg_cana... The PROGRADING SYSTEMS TRACT consists of coalesced patch reefs and sand banks that formed a low relief platform margin. The top of the Mural sequence is a ... search.datapages.com/data/specpubs/carbona1/data/a044/a044/0001/0050/0071.htm The shallowing upward and PROGRADING SYSTEMS TRACT is formed by a succession of o¡shore (FA3/FA2) and shore- face depositional environments (FA1), ... 147.94.111.32/gsc/perso/6-LeonideEtAl2007-12-03-07.pdf |
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prograding (acretion) suite/series/sequences Explanation: cortège = series, sequence, suite and to an extend association. progradation: progression frontale = prograding, acretion See Termium -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2009-02-16 12:29:23 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- cortège plutonique = plutonic suite/series cortège des roches vertes = greenstones association |
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