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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

dipping

French translation:

pendage

Added to glossary by GILLES MEUNIER
Feb 21, 2014 10:31
10 yrs ago
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English term

dipping

English to French Tech/Engineering Geology Manual
Can anyone translate dipping into French

It occurs as northwest-southeast striking and moderately south and southwest dippings sheared interval between classic meta-sedimentary rocks in the hanging wall and meta-igneous rocks in the footwall.
Proposed translations (French)
4 +1 pendage
4 -2 plongeante
Change log

Mar 18, 2014 12:44: GILLES MEUNIER Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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pendage

Angle de la ligne de plus grande pente avec le Nord

http://www.geologues-prospecteurs.fr/cours/geologie-structur...

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Note added at 11 minutes (2014-02-21 10:42:18 GMT)
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http://books.google.fr/books?id=EQGX_PBkWm0C&pg=PA34&lpg=PA3...
Peer comment(s):
agree ISABELLE BELPOIS : Pendage tout à fait. Le terme était d'ailleurs dans votre lien pour "azimut" ainsi que dans le mien!
5 hrs
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-2
5 hrs

plongeante

Des plaques entrent en collision/se frappent avec des plaques plongeantes d'où des fissures
Peer comment(s):
disagree ISABELLE BELPOIS : Il est question ici du cisaillement entre deux formations géologiques différentes et non de plaques en zone de subduction.
16 mins
disagree GILLES MEUNIER : Substantif ici et non adjectif, voir lien
24 mins
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