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Record 1 2012-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

Any dark, finely crystalline, hypabyssal or extrusive, igneous rock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
OBS

Il s'agit essentiellement de basaltes stratifiés d'origine fissurale. Les coulées ont des épaisseurs variables, rarement supérieures à 20 m, et elles forment des «marches d'escalier» sur les flancs de vallées.

OBS

trapp : terme généralement usité au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • trapps

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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