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Record 1 2004-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
  • Geochemistry
DEF

A fluid thought to be responsible for such processes as granitization.

OBS

Originally the term carried the connotation of derivation from a magma (Dietrich and Mehnert, 1961).

OBS

ichor: Proposed by Sederholm (1933) for a granitic juice or liquor capable of granitizing rocks and derived from a granitic magma.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
  • Géochimie
OBS

En 1926 les travaux de Sederholm et de Wegmann ont [montré] l'existence des migmatites et des granites d'anatexie, l'imprégnation magmatique prenant le nom d'«ichor» [...]

OBS

Ces émanations magmatiques [...], P. Termier les appelle «colonnes filtrantes», et un peu plus tard Sederholm les baptise «ichor», d'un nom désignant le liquide qui, selon la mythologie grecque, coulait dans les vaisseaux sanguins des Dieux et qu'on peut traduire par «sérum».

Spanish

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