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THEORY PANSEDIMENTARY GRANITIZATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
OBS

... the controversial theory of granitization, whereby ... granite is found in the core of most ranges as the end-product of a metamorphic cycle that changes mud-to-shale-to-slate-to-phyllite-to-schist-to gneiss and finally to granite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Le granite se forme sur place, ou presque sur place, sans apport chimique important par transformation des matériaux largement sédimentaires de l'écorce. C'est la théorie de la granitisation «pansédimentaire» [...]

Spanish

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