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PORPHYRITIC DYKE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
CONT

A steeply west-dipping, north-northwest-trending, biotite-bearing quartz-feldspar porphyry dyke is associated with the Lake George granodiorite ... The porphyry dyke yielded an age of 420.8 +5.9/-4.0 Ma (U-Pb zircon) and is inferred to be coeval with or slightly older than the Lake George granodiorite (412 +5/-4 Ma, U-Pb zircon).

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
OBS

Un dyke (ou dike) est une lame de roche magmatique qui s'est infiltrée dans une fissure de l'encaissant. De ce fait, un dyke recoupe les autres couches de roche (différence avec le sill).

OBS

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

PHR

Dyke de porphyre à quartz, à quartz et feldspath.

Key term(s)
  • dike porphyrique
  • dike de porphyre

Spanish

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