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LATERAL SECRETION [2 records]

Record 1 2011-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Geology
  • Metals Mining
DEF

A theory of ore genesis formulated in the 18th century [that] postulates the formation of ore by the leaching of adjacent wall rock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie économique
  • Mines métalliques
DEF

Théorie mise de l'avant par Sandberger, en 1877, voulant que le contenu d'une caisse filonienne provienne de la roche encaissante adjacente suite à un lessivage par les eaux thermales ou de surface.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Geochemistry
  • Metals Mining
DEF

The leaching of metallic elements from adjacent wall rocks and their redeposition in nearby openings.

CONT

These veins [of calcite and quartz] often appear in the form of isolated lentils, and it is evident that the solution that deposited them did not come from far away through a fissure, but simply oozed out of the walls (lateral secretion).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Géochimie
  • Mines métalliques
DEF

Apport d'éléments métalliques nouveaux lessivés des roches encaissantes.

CONT

[Les veines de calcite et de quartz] se présentent souvent sous la forme de lentilles isolées, et il est évident que la solution qui les a déposées n'est pas venue de loin, à la faveur d'une fissure, mais a simplement transsudé à travers les parois (sécrétion latérale).

OBS

La locution latine «per lateralum» [dans le terme «migration per lateralum»] s'écrit en italiques.

Spanish

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