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Record 1 2012-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A sedimentary rock formed of calcareous particles ranging in diameter from 0.06 to 2 mm (0.002 to 0.08 inch) that have been deposited mechanically rather than from solution.

OBS

The particles, which consist of fossil materials, pebbles and granules of carbonate rock, and oölites (spherical nodules with concentric structure), are transported and sorted by flowing water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
OBS

[...] dans les endroits calmes, se dépose une boue calcaire à petits grains, une sorte de pélite, d'emblée bien tassée, et où le ciment ne pourra être que de petite taille (micrite).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
DEF

Depósito de calcita microcristalina, originado en el seno del agua como polvo finísimo, en el que el tamaño del grano de los cristales varía de 1 a 5 micras.

CONT

La transformación de las agujas de aragonito y calcita magnesiana que forman los fangos calcáreos en calcita implica un cambio de morfología en la que un grupo de 25 o 30 agujas se agrupan en un bloque poliédrico de calcita, esto es, en micrita.

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