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FALSE OOLITH [1 record]

Record 1 1977-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

A spherical or roundish pellet or particle (generally less than 1 mm in diameter) in a sedimentary rock, externally resembling an oolith in size or shape but of secondary origin and amorphous or crypto-or micro-crystalline, and lacking the radial or concentric internal structure of an oolith; e.g. a fecal pellet, a worn calcite grain, a shell fragment, or a glauconite granule, or an oolith whose peripheral layers have been resorbed or replaced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
OBS

D'une manière générale, il existe trois types de textures ayant une apparence oolithique: 1) les vraies oolithes, formées par agglutination autour d'un noyau; 2) les "fausses oolithes" (gravelles), petits grains roulés en forme d'oolithe; 3) les "perles" (...), formées en concrétions (...)

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