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FUMAROLE [5 records]

Record 1 2016-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
  • Geochemistry
  • Thermal Springs - Uses
DEF

A type of fumarole, the gases of which are characteristically sulfurous.

OBS

Etymology: the Solfatara volcano, Italy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
  • Géochimie
  • Thermalisme
DEF

Vapeurs sulfureuses [se dégageant de] terrains [volcaniques].

CONT

Il s'agit de gaz riches en [...] CO2 et H2S (solfatares).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vulcanología y sismología
  • Geoquímica
  • Fuentes termales - usos
DEF

Escape de vapores sulfurosos a través de grietas en terrenos volcánicos.

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Record 2 2011-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
CONT

… the Museum has received natural rhenium sulfide, molibdenite, grinocite, molybdite, and hematite. All have a fumarolic origin.

OBS

fumarolic : Of or relating to a fumarole or fumaroles.

OBS

fumarole : A vent in a volcanic area, from which smoke and gases arise.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
CONT

Nous avons affiné la structure de la lillianite naturelle dépourvue d’argent, d’origine fumerollienne, provenant de Vulcano, dans les îles Eoliennes, en Italie […]

OBS

fumerollien, fumerollienne [adjectif] : Relatif aux fumerolles. // fumerolle [nom féminin] : Gaz et vapeurs émis par les volcans au voisinage du cratère, à l'ouverture des crevasses ou à la surface des coulées de laves.

Spanish

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Record 3 2009-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
  • Thermal Springs - Uses
  • Geochemistry
OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
  • Thermalisme
  • Géochimie
CONT

Un volcan non sulfureux ou peu sulfureux ne peut avoir que des fumerolles sèches et très peu de fumerolles sulfureuses.

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
CONT

... there was little degassing : a few fumaroles on the SW side and a few fumarole mounds on the SE part of the main crater floor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
  • Economic Geology
  • Tin Mining
CONT

Cassiterite is the most important ore of tin.... Often found in stream beds as waterworn pebbles... In fumarole deposits(Durango, Mexico) it has formed on rhyolite flow rocks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
  • Géologie économique
  • Mines d'étain
CONT

Formation des minéraux. - Dans la nature, (...) les cristaux peuvent se former (...) (...) A partir de vapeurs, par condensation : dépôts de fumerolles volcaniques. (...) A partir de liquides fondus, par solidification (...). A partir de solutions, par cristallisation (...) A partir de solides, par recristallisation (...)

Spanish

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