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CONCRETION [2 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
  • Urinary Tract
DEF

An inorganic mass of material formed in a dilated gland or duct or in a hollow viscus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Foie et voies biliaires
  • Appareil urinaire
DEF

Production morbide de corps solides dans l'épaisseur des tissus ou dans un organe au cours d'une affection.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hígado y conductos biliares
  • Vías urinarias
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Record 2 2003-07-11

English

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

An accumulation of mineral matter that forms around a center or axis of deposition after a sedimentary deposit has been laid down.

CONT

Cementation consolidates the deposit as a whole, but the concretion is a body within the host rock that represents a local concentration of cementing material. The enclosing rock is less firmly cemented than the concretion. Commonly spheroidal or disk-shaped, and composed of such cementing agents as calcite, dolomite, iron oxide, or silica.

OBS

Compare with "nodule" (see record).

French

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

Dans une roche ou un sol, partie, de nature ou de consistance différente du reste de la formation, qui s'est accrue par apport progressif de matière et a pris des formes variables [...]

CONT

Les concrétions sont des masses minérales formées par précipitation de matériel apporté par la circulation des eaux et déposé souvent en couches concentriques autour d'un nucleus.

CONT

Ailleurs, d'autres concrétions, qu'on trouve disséminées dans certains sédiments sont faites les unes de phosphate, les autres de silice, d'autres encore d'oxydes de fer et de manganèse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
  • Petrografía
  • Ciencia del suelo
DEF

Acumulación, seguida de endurecimiento, de substancias transportadas en disolución por el agua y luego abandonadas en el seno de una roca o en el suelo.

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