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GRANITIC STRUCTURE [4 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2016-02-17
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
- Geochemistry
- Petrography
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- arenization
1, record 1, English, arenization
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Many granitic or gneissic terrains are weathered to arenaceous products. The crystalline rock is still recognizable by its structure, by the veins that cross it and by traces of fractures, but it is decomposed or "rotten. "The thickness of this arenization is quite variable, but in Europe it may reach more than ten meters and, under other climates, several tens of meters. This arenization is for a great part the result of meteoric alteration. 1, record 1, English, - arenization
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
- Géochimie
- Pétrographie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- arénisation
1, record 1, French, ar%C3%A9nisation
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Processus de décomposition d'une roche d'origine interne comportant à la fois une désagrégation (production de sable à partir du quartz) et une altération (production d'argile à partir des feldspaths). 2, record 1, French, - ar%C3%A9nisation
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
De nombreux pays granitiques ou gneissiques sont altérés en arène. La roche cristalline est encore reconnaissable par sa structure, les filons qui la traversent, la trace de ses cassures, mais elle est «décomposée» ou «pourrie». L'épaisseur de cette arénisation est très variable mais peut atteindre en Europe plus de dix mètres et sous d'autres climats plusieurs dizaines de mètres. Cette arénisation est en majeure partie le résultat de l'altération météorique. 3, record 1, French, - ar%C3%A9nisation
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
L'arénisation du granite se développe dans le sol et le sous-sol (altération pédologique ou corrosion phréatique). Elle s'insinue le long des diaclases, d'où la formation de boules qui demeurent hypogées. 4, record 1, French, - ar%C3%A9nisation
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Erosión y corrosión (Geología)
- Geoquímica
- Petrografía
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- arenización
1, record 1, Spanish, arenizaci%C3%B3n
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Fenómeno de alteración o de disgregación que da lugar a la formación de alterita. 2, record 1, Spanish, - arenizaci%C3%B3n
Record 2 - internal organization data 2011-09-28
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- granophyre
1, record 2, English, granophyre
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- pegmatophyre 2, record 2, English, pegmatophyre
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A porphyritic extrusive rock characterized by a micrographic holocrystalline groundmass, or a fine-grained granitic rock having a micrographic structure. 2, record 2, English, - granophyre
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The Sudbury Basin ... is 60 X 27 km ... Its most obvious feature is the so-called Nickel Irruptive, which consists of a lower (outer) layer of augite-norite and an upper layer of granophyre. 3, record 2, English, - granophyre
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT
The base of the Onaping Formation has been intruded by the underlying granophyre of the complex. 4, record 2, English, - granophyre
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- granophyre
1, record 2, French, granophyre
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Microgranite à structure micropegmatitique. 2, record 2, French, - granophyre
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La base de la Formation d'Onaping montre des signes de recoupement par le granophyre sous-jacent appartenant au complexe. 3, record 2, French, - granophyre
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Petrografía
Record 2, Main entry term, Spanish
- granófiro
1, record 2, Spanish, gran%C3%B3firo
masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 2, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2011-04-26
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- protogine
1, record 3, English, protogine
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- protogene 1, record 3, English, protogene
correct, obsolete
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A granitic rock, occurring in the Alps, that has gneissic structure, contains sericite, chlorite, epidote, and garnet, and shows evidence of a composite origin or of crystallization... under stress after consolidation. 1, record 3, English, - protogine
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- protogine
1, record 3, French, protogine
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Granite porphyroïde plus ou moins mylonitisé. 2, record 3, French, - protogine
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
D'une part, les masses granito-gneissiques peuvent être déformées à la suite de mouvements orogéniques. C'est le cas de la «protogine» des massifs centraux alpins, Mont-Blanc et Oisans en particulier, roche claire à mica noir transformé en chlorite et dont le quartz présente en lumière polarisée une extinction roulante [...] 3, record 3, French, - protogine
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2005-03-22
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- metamorphosed
1, record 4, English, metamorphosed
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Highly metamorphosed Archean and Aphebian rocks have been recognized within Grenville Province because the Kenoran and Hudsonian folded belts are truncated by the Grenville Front and it is possible that rocks of the older orogenic belts may extend well into Grenville Province. 2, record 4, English, - metamorphosed
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 CONT
... near the frontier with Brazil, the mountains change from metamorphosed sandstone to granite. 3, record 4, English, - metamorphosed
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 3 CONT
The successions in which the BIF [banded iron formations] occur usually lie unconformably on highly metamorphosed basement rocks. 4, record 4, English, - metamorphosed
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 4 CONT
The structure of the rocks forming the shield areas are extremely complicated, consisting mainly of intensely folded, highly metamorphosed rocks. In some shield areas the association of granitic gneisses with metamorphosed basaltic lavas(greenstones) is characteristic. 5, record 4, English, - metamorphosed
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- métamorphisé
1, record 4, French, m%C3%A9tamorphis%C3%A9
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[Le front de mobilisation] est donc discordant sur le plan zonéographique et, d'une manière plus générale, la granitisation vellave paraît être un événement relativement tardif, qui, limité à la catazone, a affecté des formations déjà métamorphisées. 2, record 4, French, - m%C3%A9tamorphis%C3%A9
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Les quartzites [...] peuvent [...] provenir de silex métamorphisés. 3, record 4, French, - m%C3%A9tamorphis%C3%A9
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 3 CONT
Beaucoup de gisements de corindon des vieux socles seraient [...] des bauxites métamorphisées. 4, record 4, French, - m%C3%A9tamorphis%C3%A9
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
métamorphiser : Transformer par métamorphisme. 5, record 4, French, - m%C3%A9tamorphis%C3%A9
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 OBS
métamorphisme : Ensemble des phénomènes qui donnent lieu à l'altération des roches sédimentaires, à leur transformation en roches cristallophylliennes. 5, record 4, French, - m%C3%A9tamorphis%C3%A9
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
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