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Age


Geological age of a deposit or event, defined with reference to the International Stratigraphic Chart Ages are often expressed using the units 'ka' or 'Ma'.
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Âge


Geological age of a deposit or event, defined with reference to the International Stratigraphic Chart Ages are often expressed using the units 'ka' or 'Ma'.
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Agé


Geological age of a deposit or event, defined with reference to the International Stratigraphic Chart Ages are often expressed using the units 'ka' or 'Ma'.
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Åge


Geological age of a deposit or event, defined with reference to the International Stratigraphic Chart Ages are often expressed using the units 'ka' or 'Ma'.
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Age of youngest deformed deposit


Geological age of the youngest deposits that have been subject to deformation in the Neotectonic period [Neotectonics database field]
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Alluvial terrace


Elongate terrace(s) usually lying parallel to and above a river channel and its floodplain. Alluvial terraces consist of a relatively level strip of land, called a "tread", separated from an [..]
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Approximate location


The nearest region, city or town and country for the epicentre of a teleseismic (distant) earthquake. The nearest city, town or general locality and state for a local (Australian) earthquake.
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arrival time


The UTC time (Coordinated Universal Time) at which an earthquake wave arrives and is recorded on the seismogram at a seismic station.
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Average strike


Average strike or azimuth (in degrees from north) of the surface trace of a structure. In the Neotectonics Database we express the strike of a structure using the right-hand rule, whereby an azimuthal [..]
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Azimuth


Bearing given in degrees clockwise from North. For example, Southwest corresponds to azimuth 225°. Bibliographic references Bibliographic reference(s) relating to a neotectonic feature. May contain pu [..]
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