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DOWN-ICE GLACIAL DISPERSION TRAIN [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Glaciology
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Contwoyto-1 kimberlite - kimberlite found as float in down ice dispersion train.

CONT

... minerals abraded from a bedrock source and transported as "down-ice" glacial dispersion train, such as kimberlite indicator minerals ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Glaciologie
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Non seulement la kimberlite MAJ-02-09 est exactement située à la tête du train de dispersion glaciaire mais elle montre également des caractéristiques similaires à celles des fragments de kimberlite trouvés en aval du train de dispersion, telles la présence de grenat, d'ilménite, de mégacristaux d'olivine (probablement xénolithes du manteau).

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