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AUTOCHTHONOUS ROCK [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

... a rock the dominant constituents of which have been formed in situ ...

Key term(s)
  • authigenic rock
  • authigenous rock
  • authigenetic rock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Les stades de progression de l'inlandsis sont marqués surtout par les moraines de poussée formées de dépôts glaciaires et de roches autochtones plus ou moins mêlées, qui ont été poussés, bouleversés, parfois charriés par la force de l'inlandsis en progression, agissant comme un bulldozer.

Key term(s)
  • roche authigène

Spanish

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