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ALLOCHEM [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2001-06-13
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
- Geochemistry
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- allochem
1, record 1, English, allochem
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... one of several varieties of discrete and organized carbonate aggregates that serve as the coarser framework grains in most mechanically deposited limestones, as distinguished from sparry calcite and carbonate-mud matrix. 2, record 1, English, - allochem
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
In carbonate sands ..., grains are produced chemically or biochemically "within" the basin of accumulation. They are "intrabasinal" in origin. To these grains Folk ... has applied the term "allochems." 3, record 1, English, - allochem
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Important allochems include: silt-, sand-, and gravel-size intraclasts; ooliths; pellets; lumps; and fossils or fossil fragments. 2, record 1, English, - allochem
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
- Géochimie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- allochème
1, record 1, French, alloch%C3%A8me
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- allochem 2, record 1, French, allochem
masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Sédiment formé par les précipitations chimiques ou biochimiques d'éléments transportés, dans un bassin de sédimentation. 2, record 1, French, - alloch%C3%A8me
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 DEF
[...] éléments figurés [dans un calcaire] : débris microbréchiques (intraclastes), débris coquilliers (bioclastes), gravelles, pelotes (pellets), oolites, coprolites et agrégats (lumps). 3, record 1, French, - alloch%C3%A8me
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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