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Record 1 2011-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A group of petrographically related igneous rocks occurring within a petrographic province, the chemical dta of which may be plotted as smooth curves on variation diagrams.

CONT

The research results indicate that the rock assemblage of the studied granitoids involves diopside syenite-diopside granite-biotite (monzonitic) granite, consisting mainly of K-feldspar, oligoclase, quartz, iron-phlogolite, diopside and edenite.

OBS

rock assemblage: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Le premier assemblage lithologique [...] est dominé par des roches de composition dioritique, non ou peu recristallisées, dans lesquelles les pyroxènes sont frais ou légèrement amphibolitisés.

OBS

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

Spanish

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