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Record 1 2013-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Geology
DEF

A European stage of Upper Carboniferous geologic time, forming the Upper Pennsylvanian, above Westphalian and below the Sakmarian of the Permian.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Géologie
OBS

Étage du système carbonifère.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cronología
  • Geología
DEF

Piso del carbonífero superior, posterior al westfaliense y anterior al autuniense; data de unos 270 millones de años y contiene ricos yacimientos de hulla.

OBS

Pese a que la fuente citada escribe los nombres de los períodos geológicos con minúscula, el Diccionario de dudas de la Real Academia Española señala que tales sustantivos deben escribirse con mayúscula.

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