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CALCAREOUS CLASTIC [1 record]

Record 1 2001-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
CONT

Skarn deposits are commonly formed in island arc and volcanic arc or rifted continental margin tectonic settings at the contact of felsic or mafic intrusions in carbonate, calcareous clastic, and volcanic rocks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
OBS

calcaréo- : [...] entre dans la composition de nombreux noms de minéraux, où il indique la présence du calcaire : calcaréo-ferrugineux, calcaréo-siliceux.

OBS

Voir «clastique».

Spanish

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