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SYNSEDIMENTARY [1 record]

Record 1 2011-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Chronology
DEF

Occurring or formed during deposition.

CONT

A synsedimentary origin of the mineralization is suggested by various lines of evidence ... but particularly by the evidence from slump breccias that mineralization was present before slumping occurred.

OBS

synsedimentary: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Synsedimentary fault, model, orebody.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Chronologie
DEF

Relatif à des phénomènes de sédimentation ayant eu lieu en même temps.

CONT

Des observations comparables, en particulier de la nature litée des dolomies et la présence de calcaires interstratifiés non dolomitiques ont conduit B.H. Porser et J.P. Loreau (1972) à proposer une origine synsédimentaire pour les dolomies du Bathonien de Bourgogne.

OBS

synsédimentaire : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Déformation, faille, processus synsédimentaire.

Spanish

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