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décrochant

English translation: Strike-slip Fault

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French term or phrase:décrochant
English translation:Strike-slip Fault
Entered by: Isabelle Barth-O'Neill

10:02 Sep 5, 2012
French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geology
French term or phrase: décrochant
Je vois bien le sens du terme mais je n'arrive pas à trouver un terme équivalent en anglais.
Merci

Voici la phrase :

La dernière grande phase tectonique du Tertiaire à fait apparaître des failles et plis. Les failles ont des mouvements essentiellement décrochant et/ou en compression
Isabelle Barth-O'Neill
Local time: 15:23
Strike-slip Fault
Explanation:


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Note added at 7 mins (2012-09-05 10:10:26 GMT)
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http://www.geologie.ens.fr/~vigny/failles-anime.html
Selected response from:

Bertrand Leduc
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:23
Grading comment
Thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2Strike-slip Fault
Bertrand Leduc
4 -5Collapse
Salih YILDIRIM


  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Strike-slip Fault


Explanation:


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Note added at 7 mins (2012-09-05 10:10:26 GMT)
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http://www.geologie.ens.fr/~vigny/failles-anime.html

Bertrand Leduc
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:23
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks
Notes to answerer
Asker: Merci beaucoup


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  cchat: Yes, that's it.
19 mins
  -> Thank you cchat!
agree  Cetacea
2 days 2 hrs
  -> Thank you Cetacea!
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -5
Collapse


Explanation:
Imho

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 10:23
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 6

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Kim Metzger: http://www.geologie.ens.fr/~vigny/failles-anime.html
2 hrs
disagree  B D Finch: Wrong: not a geologically informed answer.// This is not about buildings!
5 hrs
  -> What happens to "non-earthquake - safe buildings"???
disagree  Bertrand Leduc: I do not see what is collapsing here!
20 hrs
  -> "collapsus" in French as you might know!
disagree  Cetacea: I don't see anything collapsing, either.
2 days 2 hrs
  -> But; you evidement!
disagree  Tony M: Not even remotely relevant in the geological context given, which requires specialist knowledge.
2951 days
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