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Record 1 1998-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Soil Science
DEF

... a clastic sediment that has been differentiated or evolved from its parent rock by processes acting over a long time and with a high intensity and that is characterized by stable minerals (such as quartz), deficiency of the more mobile oxides (such as soda), absence of weatherable material (such as clay), and well-sorted but subangular to angular grains.

CONT

Lake Superior type iron-formations include a broad assemblage of hydrolithic sedimentary facies that were deposited ... in intracratonic basins in association with mature sediments...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Science du sol
DEF

Sédiment contenant uniquement des minéraux stables.

Spanish

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