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SHEET SANDSTONE [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-12-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A thin, blanket-shaped deposit of sandstone of regional extent.

CONT

The Black Reef forms a thin sheet sandstone overlying a basal unconformity, is mostly 30-60 m thick, increasing up to 220 m within the fragments of Transvaal rocks within the Bushveld intrusives ...

OBS

sheet sandstone: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

La Lorraine dispose d'un potentiel intéressant en matière géothermique (Amnéville-les-Thermes, Nancy thermal ) par forage vertical dans la nappe de grès vosgien de 600 à 1000 m de profondeur).

OBS

couverture de grès; nappe de grès : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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