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CARBONATED ROCK [1 record]

Record 1 2004-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geochemistry
DEF

A sedimentary rock that is primarily composed of calcium carbonate (limestone) or calcium magnesium carbonate (dolomite).

CONT

The idea of metallogenic evolution has been ... applied by Hutchinson ... He suggests that there was ... an evolution from Archean deposits containing copper and zinc, through Proterozoic deposits of zinc-lead-silver in clastic sediments, to Phanerozoic deposits of lead and zinc in carbonate rocks.

CONT

... carbonated rocks such as limestone, dolomite, calcareous sands or sandstones ...

CONT

Sometimes petroleum reservoir are made up of carbonate rocks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géochimie
DEF

Roche sédimentaire d'origine biologique (à partir d'accumulation de fragments d'organismes vivants) ou physico-chimique (à partir de la précipitation directe de carbonates).

CONT

Dans les roches carbonatées, on rencontre des gisements de zinc, de plomb, de cuivre, de magnésium, de barytine et de fluorine. Ces sédiments [...] traduiraient un milieu restreint plutôt aride.

OBS

Un carbonate est un minéral et non une roche.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Geoquímica
DEF

Roca sedimentaria compuesta básicamente por minerales carbonatados.

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