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PEGMATOPHYRE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A porphyritic extrusive rock characterized by a micrographic holocrystalline groundmass, or a fine-grained granitic rock having a micrographic structure.

CONT

The Sudbury Basin ... is 60 X 27 km ... Its most obvious feature is the so-called Nickel Irruptive, which consists of a lower (outer) layer of augite-norite and an upper layer of granophyre.

CONT

The base of the Onaping Formation has been intruded by the underlying granophyre of the complex.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Microgranite à structure micropegmatitique.

CONT

La base de la Formation d'Onaping montre des signes de recoupement par le granophyre sous-jacent appartenant au complexe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
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