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CARBONATE FORMATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Petrography
CONT

These [manganiferous] deposits ... are basically minor manganese-rich divisions of larger non-ore carbonate formations. ... Usually the succession contains three distinct units: (a) a lower terrigenous, often red bed, unit; (b) the ore-bearing unit, dominantly a carbonate formation with subordinate red clay and sometimes gypsum; (c) an upper terrigenous unit, again often red.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Pétrographie
CONT

[...] un gîte [...] se trouve dans une formation carbonatée ou gréseuse, etc.

Spanish

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