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CHARNOCKITIC [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2015-04-09
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
- Geology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- charnockitic
1, record 1, English, charnockitic
correct, adjective
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The setting, age, and chemistry of AQD/SC is similar to dioritic and charnockitic lithologies in other orogens of the North Atlantic region... 2, record 1, English, - charnockitic
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
... intrusives of charnockitic composition, often intruded into pelitic supracrustal rocks. 2, record 1, English, - charnockitic
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 CONT
Charnockitic rocks are lithologically and chemically gradational with the layered unit, possibly due to contact metamorphism and metasomatism of the anorthosite suite during intrusion of the charnockite. 3, record 1, English, - charnockitic
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
- Géologie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- charnockitique
1, record 1, French, charnockitique
correct, adjective
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- de type charnockite 2, record 1, French, de%20type%20charnockite
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les complexes charnockitiques. Toutes les roches qui les constituent, des norites aux granites et aux gneiss à pyroxène, présentent un «air de famille», déterminé par une gamme de minéraux : plagioclase [...]; feldspath potassique perthitique [...] orthopyroxènes [...]; hornblende; biotite; ilménite [...] C'est à ces cortèges, et non à un type pétrographique déterminé qu'il faut aujourd'hui réserver le nom de «charnockites», ou mieux de «complexes charnockitiques. 3, record 1, French, - charnockitique
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Complexe charnockitique : association de granulites, de charnockites, de gabbros, d'anorthosites et de péridotites, caractéristique de la base de la croûte continentale. 4, record 1, French, - charnockitique
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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