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Record 1 2003-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

The rocks situated under a deposit or other strata.

CONT

The orebodies occur in the sublayer which is clearly a later intrusion than the overlying norite with which it has a sharp contact. The sublayer magma was rich in sulphides and inclusions, of peridotite, pyroxenite and gabbro.

CONT

Sudbury ... possesses a sublayer rich in ultrabasic xenoliths probably derived from a hidden layered sequence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

Ce sont des gîtes d'éluvion [...] où le lessivage des couches supérieures provoque la formation d'incrustations, de concrétions ou de cimentation dans les couches sous-jacentes [...]

Spanish

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