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FERRUGINOUS ROCK [1 record]

Record 1 2013-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geochemistry
OBS

Rocks of this group are usually [a] carbonate of iron that has partially or wholly replaced limestone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géochimie
DEF

[...] roche sédimentaire où domine un sel de fer ou un oxyde de fer (fer oolithique, pisolithique, carbonaté, etc.).

Spanish

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