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Record 1 2004-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
  • Geochemistry
CONT

Plutons commonly are coarse grained, porphyritic and unaltered, but border phases are in some cases locally argillized, greisenized or tourmalinized.

PHR

Greisen-altered rock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
  • Géochimie
CONT

[...] le plutonisme et le volcanisme sont générateurs de corps minéralisés tandis que l'altération météorique et l'érosion [...] ne font que concentrer et déplacer des minéralisations préalablement existantes [...] Par exemple, on connaît [...] des massifs granitiques couronnés de coupoles greisenifiées à cassitérite [...]

PHR

Roche greisenifiée.

Spanish

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