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SILICICLASTIC ROCK [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
CONT

Hosted as they are in siliciclastic rocks, it is not surprising, perhaps, that evidence of strong wall rock alteration is characteristically lacking in sandstone-lead deposits.

PHR

Coarse siliciclastic rock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Du fait que les lithologies encaissantes des gîtes de plomb de ce type soient des roches silicoclastiques, on ne peut se surprendre que des indices d'une altération intense y soient généralement absents.

PHR

Roche silicoclastique à grain grossier.

Spanish

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