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FLUIDAL TEXTURE [1 record]

Record 1 1999-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

A texture characterized by a wavy or swirling pattern in which platy or prismatic minerals are oriented along planes of lamellar flowage or in flow lines in fine-grained and glassy igneous rocks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
CONT

Les microlites des roches microlitiques peuvent être orientés dans le même sens, donnant l'idée d'un écoulement : structure fluidale. En grand, cette structure caractérise les coulées de laves consolidées telles les laves cordées des pentes du Vésuve.

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