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OPHIOLITIC [1 record]

Record 1 2011-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

Of, pertaining to, or composed of ophiolite.

CONT

Ultramafic Hosted Asbestos. ... The most important deposits occur in allochthonous bodies of serpentinized ophiolitic or Alpine-type ultramafic rocks.

CONT

Podiform chromite deposits occur in the ophiolitic terranes in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Qui a la nature de l'ophiolite.

CONT

Gisements associés à des roches ultrabasiques. Deux sous-types correspondent, soit à des formations ophiolitiques, souvent d'âge mésozoïque-cénozoïque, soit à des ceintures «intrusives» précambriennes ou archéennes.

CONT

[Le] magmatisme géosynclinal [...] se traduit par des émissions ophiolitiques, éruptions basiques sous-marines antérieures à l'orogenèse, génératrices du cortège des «roches vertes» [...]

CONT

[...] en Europe orientale, des minéralisations cuprifères économiquement intéressantes sont liées aux intrusions ophiolitiques.

PHR

Massif ophiolitique.

Spanish

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