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FUSAINIZATION [2 records]

Record 1 1998-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
DEF

... a two-stage biochemical transformation process of the vegetable matter during the period of accumulation produced by a combination of gelorication and subsequent fusainization. Gelefusainization is characteristic of flooded peat bogs with moving ground water and of stagnant flooded peat bogs with a reasonably periodic drainage(anaerobic/aerobic environment).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
OBS

Voir «fusinisation».

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
OBS

... characterized by a uniformity of structure in the substance of the coal-forming microcomponents independent of its type. The groups are distinguished by the degree of biochemical decomposition and degradation of the original lignin-cellulose tissues during the processes of gelefication, gelefusainization and fusainization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie

Spanish

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