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51LITHOSPHÈRE — Dès la naissance de la géophysique et de la géodynamique, les continents furent considérés comme un ensemble de masses rigides, le sial (acronyme de si lice et al umine) flottant sur un manteau fluide, le sima (acronyme de si lice et ma gnésium) …
52Continental collision — For general context, see Plate tectonics. Cartoon of a tectonic collision between two continents Continental collision is a phenomenon of the plate tectonics of Earth that occurs at convergent boundaries. Continental collision is a variation on… …
53Ophiolite — Ordovician ophiolite in Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland. An ophiolite (  / …
54Mount Meager — The Mount Meager volcanic complex rising above the Pemberton Valley. Summits left to right are Capricorn Mountain, Mount Meager proper and Plinth Peak …
55Olympic-Wallowa Lineament — Location of the Olympic Wallowa Lineament. Is the OWL an optical illusion? The Olympic Wallowa lineament (OWL) – first reported by cartographer Erwin Raisz in 1945 [1] on a relief map of the continental United States – is a physiographic feature… …
56volcano — /vol kay noh/, n., pl. volcanoes, volcanos. 1. a vent in the earth s crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled, either continuously or at irregular intervals. 2. a mountain or hill, usually having a cuplike crater at the summit,… …
57Precambrian time — Interval of geologic time from с 3. 8 billion years ago, the age of the oldest known rocks, to 544 million years ago, the beginning of the Cambrian Period. This interval represents more than 80% of the geologic record and thus provides important… …
58ANDINE (CHAÎNE) — La chaîne des Andes, longue de près de 8 000 kilomètres, et dont la largeur atteint localement 600 kilomètres, s’étend de l’extrémité ouest du système montagneux des Caraïbes à la Terre de Feu, où débute l’arc des Shetland du Sud ou de Scotia. À… …
59TECTONIQUE DES PLAQUES — La tectonique des plaques est née en 1968 sous la forme d’une théorie de l’évolution de la surface du globe dans son entier, d’où le nom qu’on lui donne souvent de tectonique globale. Fondée sur une approche géophysique, elle a, depuis lors, été… …
60Convergent boundary — In plate tectonics, a convergent boundary, also known as a destructive plate boundary (because of subduction), is an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of lithosphere move toward one another and collide. As …
