offsets

French translation: rejets

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English term or phrase: offsets
French translation:rejets
Entered by: Thierry Darlis

09:18 Nov 16, 2013
English to French translations [PRO]
Geology
English term or phrase: offsets
Tectonic motions are accommodated on the two faults and their offsets, located a little bit away from the actual plate boundary and further inside the plate's interior.
Thierry Darlis
United States
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rejets
Explanation:
Fault offset = Rejet de faille
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ISABELLE BELPOIS
France
Local time: 23:26
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5 +2rejets
ISABELLE BELPOIS
4 +1Failles OSC
Marcombes (X)
3 +1décalages
florence metzger


  

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décalages


Explanation:
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florence metzger
Local time: 23:26
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agree  mchd
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  -> merci
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
rejets


Explanation:
Fault offset = Rejet de faille


    Reference: http://books.google.fr/books?id=bgFAR2Qp51sC&pg=PA981&lpg=PA...
    Reference: http://www.linguee.fr/anglais-francais/traduction/fault+offs...
ISABELLE BELPOIS
France
Local time: 23:26
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agree  Bertrand Leduc: http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?la...'tracing'%20)&dom=SDN
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  -> Merci Bertrand!

agree  GILLES MEUNIER
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Failles OSC


Explanation:
Il existe des failles transformantes, d'autres comme des OSC ( Overlapping –ou Offset- Spreading Center ), deux structures classiques segmentant les dorsales.

Marcombes (X)
France
Local time: 23:26
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agree  HERBET Abel: oui, peut-être en langage plus clair " failles secondaires/subsidiaires"
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