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FACIES SECONDAIRE [1 record]

Record 1 1998-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

A subdivision of a facies, such as of a broadly defined sedimentary facies, or of a metamorphic facies based on compositional differences rather than pressure-temperature relations.

CONT

Oxide facies ... can be divided into the hematite and magnetite subfacies according to which iron oxide is dominant. There is a complete gradation between the two subfacies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
CONT

[...] on a constaté, au sein de chacun des principaux faciès [métamorphiques], des associations minéralogiques (dites «subfaciès») qui sont des marqueurs thermodynamiques plus précis.

Spanish

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