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GAS ENTRAPMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
DEF

A cavity of variable shape in a lava formed by the entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification of the lava.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
DEF

Cavité à l'intérieur d'une roche cohérente.

OBS

Les vacuoles peuvent être dues à la dissolution, à des bulles gazeuses dans les laves [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Vulcanología y sismología
DEF

Cavidad en el interior de una roca coherente; se debe generalmente a la presencia de gases oclusos en el momento de solidificación de la roca.

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