Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

overturned folds

French translation:

plis renverses

Added to glossary by Alison Jeffries-Thierry
Feb 16, 2008 04:27
16 yrs ago
English term

overturned folds

English to French Tech/Engineering Mining & Minerals / Gems Geology
Context: "North-northeast-directed compressional deformation during the Lufilian orogeny is interpreted to have laid the “layer cake” stratigraphy into km-scale subvertical and overturned folds that now define the Lufilian Arc."
Anything better than "en plis inversés et presque verticaux"
Proposed translations (French)
3 +2 plis renverses

Proposed translations

+2
3 hrs
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plis renverses

plis faiblement inclines et renverses = subvertical & overturned folds.
Peer comment(s):

agree FX Fraipont (X) : renversés , oui, voir http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/Kootenay/edu/edu3_F.asp
52 mins
agree wordbridge
1 day 4 hrs
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