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SILICEUX [6 records]

Record 1 2011-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
PHR

Flinty ground.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
DEF

Qui contient beaucoup de silice.

PHR

Terre siliceuse.

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Petrography
DEF

Containing chert.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Pétrographie

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geochemistry
  • Soil Science
DEF

Said of a rock containing abundant silica, especially free silica rather than as silicates.

CONT

Unconsolidated calcareous beach sands of Holocene age ... are widespread along the southern Australian coast and on their inland side frequently adjoin older siliceous sands derived from calcareous sands by leaching ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géochimie
  • Science du sol
DEF

Riche en silice.

OBS

Silice: Dioxyde de silicium de formule SiO2.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Geoquímica
  • Ciencia del suelo
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Record 4 2006-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geochemistry
  • Soil Science
DEF

Of, relating to, or derived from silica ...

PHR

Siliceous ore, rock, sediment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géochimie
  • Science du sol
DEF

Qui est de la nature de la silice.

PHR

Roche siliceuse.

PHR

Minerai, sédiment siliceux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Geoquímica
  • Ciencia del suelo
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Record 5 2005-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geochemistry
DEF

In petrology, containing silica in dominant amount.

OBS

Although there is no firm agreement among petrologists, the amount of silica is usually said to constitute at least 65 percent or two-thirds of the rock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géochimie
CONT

roche siliceuse : Roche sédimentaire renfermant plus de 50 % de silice.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Geoquímica
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Record 6 2005-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Geology
DEF

Containing or producing silica.

CONT

Silica-bearing calcareous rich clay.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Géologie
DEF

Qui contient de la silice.

Spanish

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