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RUBANEMENT [3 records]

Record 1 2011-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

The banded appearance of igneous or metamorphic rock.

CONT

The banding is due to the concentration of pyrite into certain layers.

OBS

banding: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Thin banding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Aspect de la tranche d'une roche composée d'alternance de lits de couleurs différentes.

CONT

Le rubanement peut être dû à la variation de couleur d'un minéral unique [...]

OBS

rubanement : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Rubanement serré.

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

A banding produced in the bedding of a sedimentary rock by thin strata of contrasting colors, giving the rock an appearance which suggests bands of ribbons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
CONT

Le rubanage est une forme fréquente de rythmes dans les colloïdes. Les argilites, mudstones, phyllades et quartzophyllades présentent des termes répétés qui ne se distinguent que par une simple différence de couleur [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
DEF

The occurrence of a layered structure in glacier ice, due to alternating layers of coarse-grained and fine-grained ice or bubbly and clear ice.

CONT

Ice banding and stratigraphy exhibited in the basal ice section of an active glacier, South Iceland.

OBS

foliation: Nonpreferred synonym.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
DEF

Structure rubanée de la glace d'un glacier, due à l'alternance de couches de glace de granulométries ou de couleurs différentes.

Spanish

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