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Record 1 2012-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
CONT

This mineralization occurs in lowermost Cambrian black shales and is consistently associated with the widespread distribution of sapropelic organic-rich rocks ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
CONT

On trouve des roches siliceuses, argileuses et calcareuses chargées de matière organique du type du sapropèle et l'on en fait les «roches sapropéliennes» ou «sapropélites».

CONT

Située dans des shales noirs du Cambrien basal, cette minéralisation est uniformément associée à des roches sapropéliques riches en matière organique [...]

OBS

calcaire sapropélien : Roche du Carbonifère présentant une teinte noirâtre et un aspect mat [...]

Spanish

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