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MASAS [2 records]

Record 1 2014-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Emergency Management

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Gestion des urgences

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
  • Economic Geology
DEF

Said of a mineral deposit ... characterized by a great concentration of ore in one place, as opposed to disseminated or veinlike deposit.

CONT

Ore deposits are roughly divided into massive and tabular deposits. Massive deposits are those which have developed in three dimensions, and have very variable shapes. Tabular deposits are principally developed in two dimensions.

PHR

Massive deposit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géologie économique
OBS

Voir «amas de minerai».

PHR

Gisement en amas.

PHR

Gisement massif.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Minas metálicas
  • Geología económica
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