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ARCHAEAN GRANITOID ROCK [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
CONT

U-Pb ages were obtained from monazite and titanite in four Archean granitoid rocks, one quartzite and a massive granite.

OBS

granitoid: ... applied to the texture of holocrystalline igneous or metasomatic rocks such as granites in which the constituents are mostly anhedral or xenomorphic and of uniform size.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
OBS

granitoïde (adjectif) : Se dit d'une roche qui a l'aspect du granite.

OBS

granitoïde (n.m.) : Roche du groupe des granites [ou] roche plutonique apparentée génétiquement aux granites.

Spanish

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