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Record 1 2009-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
CONT

This rock is classified as a crystal-lithic tuff, a rock type deposited by a hot, fast-moving gaseous volcanic flow produced by violent eruptions.

OBS

crystal-lithic: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Le Groupe d'Ootsa Lake de l'Éocène, dans le nord de la région cartographique de la rivière Nechako, comporte des coulées et dômes rhyolitiques bariolés à litage de flux, des tufs cristallins et cristallolithiques, des brèches pyroclastiques et autoclastiques moins abondantes ainsi que des coulées de dacite et d'andésite en quantités mineures.

OBS

cristallo-lithique : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Tuf cristallo-lithique.

PHR

Tuf cristal(-)lithique.

Spanish

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