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COUCHES IMPERMEABLES [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Deposits
  • Petrography
OBS

strata: term rarely used in the singular (stratum).

Key term(s)
  • impervious stratum
  • impervious layers
  • impervious layer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gisements pétrolifères
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Les dépôts organiques (animaux ou végétaux) ont subi dans les couches imperméables (argileuses, par ex.) pauvres en oxygène une fermentation particulière [...] sous l'action de bactéries anaérobies. Le pétrole ainsi formé a graduellement remonté sous les actions diverses [...]

Key term(s)
  • strates imperméables
  • couches imperméables
  • couche imperméable

Spanish

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