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Record 1 2005-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

Said of a rock or sediment derived from organic substances; e.g. a crinoidal limestone ... consisting almost exclusively of disks and plates detached from one another.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Qualifie l'origine biologique d'une formation sédimentaire : maerl, corail.

CONT

Mais il est des organismes capables de fixer de la matière minérale comme celle des coquilles et qui vivent en très grand nombre sur un même support qu'ils accroissent petit à petit. Une roche résultant de l'activité de ces êtres n'est plus sédimentaire; on la désigne simplement sous le nom de «roche organogène».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
DEF

Dícese de los minerales formados con materias animales o vegetales.

CONT

Caliza organógena.

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