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source rock [2 records]

Record 1 2011-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Petroleum Deposits
DEF

A sedimentary rock, usually shale and limestone, deposited together with organic matter which was subsequently transformed to liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons.

CONT

The rock in which hydrocarbons form is known as source rock, but for them to accumulate in economic quantities, they must migrate from the source rock into some kind of reservoir rock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Gisements pétrolifères
DEF

Roche dans laquelle se sont formés des hydrocarbures [...]

CONT

Dans les gisements conventionnels, le gaz est expulsé de la roche mère sous pression, et se faufile à travers des chemins de migration jusqu'à une autre roche poreuse qui servira de réservoir au gaz [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A rock from which fragments have been derived which form a later, usually sedimentary rock.

CONT

Eluvial placers ... are formed upon hill slopes from minerals released from a nearby source rock.

OBS

source rock; bedrock source: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Roche qui, par érosion mécanique, a fourni les éléments détritiques d'un sédiment.

CONT

Par soulèvement, exposition à l'air libre et altération de ce protolite, les concentrations [...] de substances utiles augmentent jusqu'à présenter une teneur rentable ou améliorée dans les gîtes résiduels sus-jacents ou adjacents aux roches mères.

OBS

roche mère : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
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