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разлом в земной коре
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
Fracture zone — A fracture zone is a linear oceanic feature often hundreds, even thousands of kilometers long resulting from the action of offset mid ocean ridge axis segments. They are a consequence of plate tectonics. Lithospheric plates on either side of an… … Wikipedia
fracture zone — noun Date: 1946 an area of suboceanic crust characterized by fractures … New Collegiate Dictionary
Oceanic crust — Age of oceanic crust. The red is most recent, and blue is the oldest. Oceanic crust is the part of Earth s lithosphere that surfaces in the ocean basins. Oceanic crust is primarily composed of mafic rocks, or sima, which is rich in iron and… … Wikipedia
Owen Fracture Zone — The Owen Fracture Zone[1] is a transform fault which runs along the eastern boundary of the Arabian Plate, separating it from the Indo Australian Plate for most of its length, and from the African Plate for a much shorter distance. It extends… … Wikipedia
submarine fracture zone — Long, narrow, and mountainous submarine lineation that generally separates ocean floor ridges differing in depth by as much as 1 mi (1.6 km). The largest fracture zones, in the eastern Pacific, are more than 1,000 mi (1,600 km) long and 60–125 mi … Universalium
Melt-Freeze Crust — A Melt Freeze Crust is a potential layer of weakness between snow layers which can be the cause of slab avalanches. The layer can be created in two instances: When the temperature is high enough allowing snow to melt thus creating melt water… … Wikipedia
zone of fracture — the part of the earth s crust in which deformation may result in and be accompanied by fracture … Useful english dictionary
plate tectonics — plate tectonic, adj. Geol. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past… … Universalium
rock — rock1 rockless, adj. rocklike, adj. /rok/, n. 1. a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like. 2. Geol. a. mineral matter of variable composition, consolidated or unconsolidated, assembled in masses or considerable… … Universalium
Rock — /rok/, n. a male given name. * * * I In geology, a naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of minerals. The three major classes of rock igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic are based on the processes that formed them. These three classes are… … Universalium
geology — /jee ol euh jee/, n., pl. geologies. 1. the science that deals with the dynamics and physical history of the earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the physical, chemical, and biological changes that the earth has undergone or is… … Universalium