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Record 1 2013-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

[A] granular igneous rock.

OBS

The introduction of the facies principle ... further complicated the terminology, the name granulite being proposed and used for all rocks of the granulite facies, even for those with intermediate and basic compositions. To avoid theseambiguities, Winkler & Sen (1973) proposed the name granolite instead of granulite for rocks with mineral associations diagnostic of the granulite facies (regional hypersthene zone). But this suggestion was not widely accepted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Roche à structure grenue.

Spanish

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