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RIM CEMENTATION [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Petrography
OBS

A term used by Bathurst (1958 (...] for "secondary enlargement" in detrital sediments; e.g. the chemical deposition of calcium carbonate forming a single, completely enveloping rim on a grain of the same composition, as in a crinoidal sandstone where each grain (or crinoidal fragment) is a single crystal and is permeated by the calcite cement in lattice or optical continuity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Génie chimique
  • Pétrographie
OBS

«rim cementation» : cimentation par précipitation chimique d'un ciment autour des grains monocristallins (par exemple des débris de Crinoïdes) avec même orientation optique (syntaxiale).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología
  • Ingenieria química
  • Petrografía
DEF

Una de las morfologías típicas de cementación en medios continentales freáticos. El cemento que se forma es continuo y envuelve cada grano con una película de espesor variable.

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