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metamorphic water [1 record]

Record 1 2004-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geology
  • Geochemistry
DEF

Water that is driven out of rocks by the process of metamorphism and that is commonly involved in the process.

CONT

Metasomatism is initiated by the separation of a magmatic-hydrothermal fluid released by crystallization and hydrofracturing of the pluton, which may combine with metamorphic waters to transport base metal cations and sulphur.

CONT

The four major types of water - magmatic, sea water and/or connate, meteoric and metamorphic - have characteristic hydrogen ... and oxygen ... isotopic ratios ...

OBS

Metamorphic H2O

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géologie
  • Géochimie
DEF

Eau expulsée des roches par le métamorphisme.

CONT

[...] les données physiques, chimiques et isotopiques sur les inclusions fluides [...] permettent [...] de définir cinq catégories d'eaux en fonction de leur origine : météorique [...]; océanique [...]; connée fossile [...]; métamorphique; magmatique; auxquelles on peut ajouter les eaux juvéniles dérivées du manteau.

OBS

H2O métamorphique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Geología
  • Geoquímica
DEF

Agua expulsada de las rocas durante el proceso de metamorfismo.

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