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MATURED [3 records]

Record 1 2007-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geology
DEF

Said of 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

Most uranium sandstone deposits are in continental sandstones and associated conglomerates that compositionally are immature to submature (i.e., arkosic, lithic, and/or tuffaceous), and texturally are mature (well sorted).

CONT

The Athabasca Group of Saskatchewan-Alberta ... consists of ... east-derived alluvial fanglomerate, siltstone, and diagenetically matured quartzite ... deposited ... in a tectonically active area.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géologie
DEF

[En parlant d'une roche sédimentaire], parvenue au terme d'une évolution géomorphologique.

CONT

La plupart des gîtes d'uranium dans des grès se rencontrent dans des grès et des conglomérats associés de milieu continental qui, quant à la composition, varient d'immatures à submatures (c.-à-d.) arkosiques, lithiques ou tufacés) et, quant à la texture, sont matures (bien triés).

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
  • Agricultural Economics
OBS

Term(s) used at the Canadian Grain Commission in the field of cereal terminology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minoterie et céréales
  • Économie agricole
OBS

Terme(s) en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains dans le domaine céréalier.

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
OBS

bonds

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

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