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AMPHIBOLIZED [1 record]

Record 1 1997-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
  • Mineralogy
OBS

By derivation from "amphibolization" which is defined as follows in the source THMIN, 1968, p. 36: The development of an amphibole mineral in a rock as a secondary mineral.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
  • Minéralogie
CONT

Le mur de la roche-support forme un complexe ophiolitique à serpentines, gabbros, diorites quartzifères, laves basiques amphibolisées.

Spanish

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