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GYPSIFEROUS [2 records]

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Record 1 2006-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Paleontology
CONT

Chiefly from the character of the overlying beds I conclude that this stratum is a member of the Trinity division of the Cretaceous, and this conclusion is rendered the more-probable from the occurrence of the oyster-bearing bed beneath it east of Big Spring.

CONT

At the section house at Germania, ten miles west of Marienfeld, an oyster bearing bed is found above the banded gypsiferous limestone.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Paléontologie
OBS

ostréi- : élément tiré du latin ostrea «huître», entrant dans la construction d'adjectifs et de substantifs surtout dans le domaine technique.

OBS

Suffixes d'origine latine. [...] -fère qui porte, qui contient.

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 2 1978-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Geology
OBS

A gypsiferous deposit occurring at the outcrop of the sulfur deposits of Sicily

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie chimique
  • Géologie
OBS

Près de la surface du sol, les couches solfifères s'altèrent et donnent une sorte de gypse caverneux qui porte le nom local de "briscale": il est produit par l'action de l'acide sulfurique, résultant de l'oxydation du soufre, sur le calcaire. Le briscale permet de suivre sur le terrain l'extension des gisements.

Spanish

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