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COMB STRUCTURE [2 records]

Record 1 2004-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Various Metal Ores
CONT

Some veins ... display comb textures indicating sequential deposition from the wall rocks inward; cassiterite commonly occurs at, or close to, the vein walls, and is succeeded inward by wolframite, although the reverse also occurs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
CONT

Certains filons [...] présentent des textures en dents de peigne indiquant un dépôt séquentiel des minéraux des épontes du filon vers l'intérieur; de la cassitérite se rencontre fréquemment le long des bordures des filons ou à proximité, de la wolframite lui succède vers l'intérieur de la caisse filonienne, bien que la relation inverse puisse également être observée.

Spanish

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Record 2 1985-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Systems Analysis (Information Processing)
CONT

... we have had to impose restraint whereby the interpolated element must constitute a whole constituent. That is to say we cannot cope with comb structures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Analyse des systèmes informatiques
CONT

(...) nous avons dû nous restreindre momentanément aux cas où l'un des éléments discontinus s'oppose à tout le reste de la chaîne. On ne peut donc traiter les structures à peigne.

Spanish

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