Contacto de falha

English translation: fault contact

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Portuguese term or phrase:Contacto de falha
English translation:fault contact
Entered by: peterinmadrid

14:48 Nov 21, 2011
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Tech/Engineering - Geology / bridge / highway construction
Portuguese term or phrase: Contacto de falha
Com base nas sondagens realizadas, reconheceu‐se:
•Litologias de natureza metamórfica (Formação da xx e Formação do xx) pertencentes ao
complexo xisto‐grauváquico;
•Litologia de natureza ígnea (granitos);
•Contacto de falha entre as duas litologias enquadrado na zona de Falha de xx, na margem direita;
peterinmadrid
Portugal
Local time: 13:28
fault contact
Explanation:
"When different geologic units have been moved next to one another after they were formed, the contact is a fault contact, which is shown on the map by a thick line (location 5)."
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Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 09:28
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Thank you, Martin.
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fault contact


Explanation:
"When different geologic units have been moved next to one another after they were formed, the contact is a fault contact, which is shown on the map by a thick line (location 5)."


    Reference: http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/gmap/gmap2.html
Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 09:28
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