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Record 1 2011-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

[A] cleavage that depends on the parallel arrangement of the mineral constituents of the rock and which developed during rock flowage.

CONT

Flow cleavage, a further development of slaty cleavage, in which further recrystallisation has taken place and reduced the traces of bedding to more vestiges.

OBS

flow cleavage: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

La schistosité de flux, qui se reconnaît à ce que les plans de division peuvent apparaître en tout point ou presque, tiendrait à une déformation de la masse de la roche [...]

OBS

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

Spanish

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