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INERTODETRINITE [2 records]

Record 1 2012-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
OBS

... a collective term for constituents of the inertinite group ... Inertodetrinite consists of small fragments and fine particles (approximately 2-20 microns in size) of varying, often splintery or angular form, for example, cell-wall fragments of fusinite, semi-fusinite and sclerotinite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Macéral finement détritique du groupe de l'inertinite, constitué par de petits fragments ou par des particules de formes diverses, souvent anguleuses ou en éclats, provenant, par exemple, de parois cellulaires brisées de fusinite, de semi-fusinite ou de sclérotinite.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
OBS

All particles of coal, which display a higher reflectivity than the corresponding vitrinite and which cannot be classified as micrinite, macrinite, semifusinite or sclerotinite, are grouped under the term inertodetrinite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
OBS

Ce terme englobe toutes les particules de charbon dont la réflectance dépasse celle de la vitrinite, sans pour autant appartenir à la micrinite, à la macrinite, à la semifusinite ou à la sclérotinite.

Spanish

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