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Record 1 2003-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
CONT

Features related to the intrusion of the Sudbury Igneous Complex ... include a contact metamorphic halo ... and a set of shock-induced structures generally attributed to a meteoritic impact. The shock features include shatter cones, and planar dislocations and kink bands in certain rock-forming minerals ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
CONT

Parmi les éléments liés à l'intrusion du Complexe igné de Sudbury [...], on trouve une auréole de métamorphisme de contact [...] et un ensemble de structures produites par un choc et généralement attribuées à l'impact d'une météorite. Ces structures de choc comprennent des fractures coniques ainsi que des plans de dislocation et des kinkbands dans certains minéraux essentiels des roches ignées [...]

Spanish

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