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Record 1 2009-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geochemistry
DEF

Accumulation of clastic or chemical sediments derived from the surface of, or within, a more or less consolidated carbonate sediment (mud or silt).

CONT

Dolomite was formed, in part possibly as a primary sediment, in part as a penecontemporaneous replacement of aragonite or calcite, near the surface. Internal sedimentation, in part mechanical, in part chemical, occurred within the sediment.

OBS

[These sediments are] deposited in secondary cavities formed in the host rock (after its deposition) by bending of laminae or by internal erosion or solution.

OBS

internal sedimentation: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Internal chemical, mechanical deposition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géochimie
DEF

Dépôt de matériel clastique ou authigène dans les pores ou autres cavités d'une roche.

OBS

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

Spanish

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