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FACIES CORNEENNES HORNBLENDE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2012-04-24
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
- Mineralogy
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- hornblende-hornfels facies
1, record 1, English, hornblende%2Dhornfels%20facies
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- hornblende hornfels facies 2, record 1, English, hornblende%20hornfels%20facies
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A medium-grade metamorphic facies associated with contact metamorphism at low pressures and moderate temperatures. 2, record 1, English, - hornblende%2Dhornfels%20facies
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Hornblende hornfels facies metamorphism occurs at temperatures of approximately 500 to 650 degrees celsius and at low (upper crust) pressures. 2, record 1, English, - hornblende%2Dhornfels%20facies
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
- Minéralogie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- faciès des cornéennes à hornblende
1, record 1, French, faci%C3%A8s%20des%20corn%C3%A9ennes%20%C3%A0%20hornblende
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- faciès hornblende-cornéennes 2, record 1, French, faci%C3%A8s%20hornblende%2Dcorn%C3%A9ennes
see observation, masculine noun
- faciès à hornblende-cornéennes 2, record 1, French, faci%C3%A8s%20%C3%A0%20hornblende%2Dcorn%C3%A9ennes
see observation, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le degré du métamorphisme régional correspond au faciès des schistes verts tandisque le métamorphisme de contact a abouti au faciès des cornéennes à hornblende à proximité du batholite. 1, record 1, French, - faci%C3%A8s%20des%20corn%C3%A9ennes%20%C3%A0%20hornblende
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Dans le district de la Baie Notre-Dame (Terre-Neuve), les gîtes cuprifères de type ophiolitique ont subi un métamorphisme ayant abouti au faciès hornblende-cornéennes [...] Ainsi, les roches-hôtes originelles à chlorite et séricite se transforment, dans le faciès à hornblende-cornéennes, en roches à cordiérite-anthophyllite-biotite-andalousite, tandis que la pyrite est remplacée par de la pyrrhotite-magnétite. 2, record 1, French, - faci%C3%A8s%20des%20corn%C3%A9ennes%20%C3%A0%20hornblende
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Selon un réviseur scientifique de Ressources naturelles Canada, les cornéennes étant des roches et la hornblende étant un minéral, il est plus juste de parler de «faciès des cornéennes à hornblende». 3, record 1, French, - faci%C3%A8s%20des%20corn%C3%A9ennes%20%C3%A0%20hornblende
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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