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EXOTIC BLOCK [2 records]

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Record 1 2006-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Tectonics
DEF

An exotic block or other rock mass transported by submarine gravity sliding or slumping and included within the binder of an olistostrome.

CONT

San Isidro Olistoliths. There are several medium-sized olistolithic blocks, enclosed in the Empozada Formation, and cropping out in the San Isidro area.

OBS

olistolith; olistolithic block: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Tectonique
DEF

Bloc faisant partie d'un olistostrome.

OBS

[...] le mot olistolithes [est] réservé aux blocs les plus gros [trouvés dans les olistostromes] dont la taille peut atteindre celle de petites montagnes, qu'on dit alors souvent «klippes sédimentaires» [...]

OBS

olistolithe; olistolite : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Key term(s)
  • bloc olistolitique

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A mass of rock occurring in a lithologic association foreign to that in which the mass formed ...

CONT

Breccia fragments are often of enormous dimensions; in particular, we may find isolated blocks of eruptive rocks in the midst of unrelated sediments; these are called "exotic blocks" ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Bloc qui provient d'ailleurs (souvent amené par charriage).

Spanish

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