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CAUSTOBIOLITH [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Combustion and Fuels (Fireplaces)
DEF

... a rock with a fairly high content of organic carbon compounds or even pure carbon where the latter is, like the carbon compounds, of organic origin.

Key term(s)
  • caustobiolite

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Combustion et combustibles (Foyers)
DEF

Roche organique combustible.

CONT

[...] on trouve les caustobiolithes, roches d'origine organique et combustibles [...]

OBS

caustobiolithe : terme désignant l'ensemble des roches combustibles fossiles : charbons, hydrocarbures et schistes bitumineux.

Spanish

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