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UNSTRATIFIED [2 records]

Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

Not formed or deposited in strata : specif. said of massive rocks or sediments with an absence of layering, such as granite or glacial till.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
CONT

roche non stratifiée

CONT

bauxites non stratifiées.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Metals Mining
OBS

Proposed by Keyes (1901) to be applied to unstratified ore deposits, as contrasted with ore deposits that are stratified or eutaxic.

Key term(s)
  • unstratified

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Mines métalliques
DEF

Se dit d'un dépôt minéral mal stratifié.

Spanish

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