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SOLUTION BRECCIA [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

Breccias formed, for example, where the line carbonate of a cherty limestone is removed by solution, are chert fragments hardening together as the mass settles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
OBS

Attribué autrefois à la simple dissolution presque tous les effets de corrosion comme l'érosion chimique du calcaire, qui resulte en fait, de la formation d'un bicarbonate soluble. Aussi le mot revient-il dans de nombreuses expressions ayant trait à l'érosion chimique.

Spanish

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