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basculation
noun 2
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4ADJ.
carboniferous, flexural, palaeozoic, south, upper
VERB + BASCULATION
centre
BASCULATION + NOUN
-
PREP.
towards
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noun
1
The replacement of a retroverted uterus by swinging it into its place.
This twofold movement upon the centre, - this basculation, - has succeeded in cases where the elevation, singly, has been unsuccessful.
noun
1
The tilting of a geological layer.
And during the Middle and Upper Carboniferous the basculation of the palaeozoic deposits was produced forming nowadays a monoclinal system in the northern border of the Tinduf depression […]
This elongated distribution is unlikely to have been produced by any tectonic cause, either continental drift or local basculations.
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This twofold movement upon the centre, - this basculation, - has succeeded in cases where the elevation, singly, has been unsuccessful.
Wiktionary02
And during the Middle and Upper Carboniferous the basculation of the palaeozoic deposits was produced forming nowadays a monoclinal system in the northern border of the Tinduf depression […]
Wiktionary03
This elongated distribution is unlikely to have been produced by any tectonic cause, either continental drift or local basculations.
Wiktionary04
Flexural basculation towards the south, in combination with the main sediment source being in the Betic cordillera, determined an axial (along-strike) fluvial drainage running along the northern bound
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