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FACIES CHANGE [10 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2012-11-08
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- facies change
1, record 1, English, facies%20change
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A spatial transition from one facies to another. 1, record 1, English, - facies%20change
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- passage de faciès
1, record 1, French, passage%20de%20faci%C3%A8s
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Lorsqu'un faciès change pour devenir un autre, on dit qu'il y a passage de faciès [...] 1, record 1, French, - passage%20de%20faci%C3%A8s
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2011-08-29
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- condensed basinal shale
1, record 2, English, condensed%20basinal%20shale
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
A regionally mappable facies change southward from shelf carbonates to condensed basinal shales... 2, record 2, English, - condensed%20basinal%20shale
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
condensed basinal shale: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 3, record 2, English, - condensed%20basinal%20shale
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- shale de bassin condensé
1, record 2, French, shale%20de%20bassin%20condens%C3%A9
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
L'intervalle le plus ancien du Bassin de Taoudeni est le Groupe D'Atar infracambrien. Cette séquence comporte des calcaires paraliques interlités avec des roches silicoclastiques à grain fin. Les shales de cette intervalle sont condensés et riches localement en matière organique, ce qui reflète une élévation globale à cette époque. 2, record 2, French, - shale%20de%20bassin%20condens%C3%A9
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
shale de bassin condensé : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 3, record 2, French, - shale%20de%20bassin%20condens%C3%A9
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2010-12-19
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Geological Research and Exploration
- Petroleum Deposits
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- shale-out
1, record 3, English, shale%2Dout
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- facies trap 2, record 3, English, facies%20trap
correct
- shale-out trap 3, record 3, English, shale%2Dout%20trap
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A stratigraphic trap formed by lateral variation or facies change of a porous sandstone or limestone, in which the clay content increases until porosity and permeability disappear and the bed grades into claystone or shale. 4, record 3, English, - shale%2Dout
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
shale-out: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 5, record 3, English, - shale%2Dout
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Recherches et prospections géologiques
- Gisements pétrolifères
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- piège de faciès
1, record 3, French, pi%C3%A8ge%20de%20faci%C3%A8s
correct, masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Type de piège stratigraphique [qui] doit son nom au changement d'aspect (de faciès) des roches sédimentaires, par exemple un changement dans la taille des pores de roches poreuses, ce qui explique une variation dans la perméabilité de ces roches. 2, record 3, French, - pi%C3%A8ge%20de%20faci%C3%A8s
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
piège de faciès : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 3, record 3, French, - pi%C3%A8ge%20de%20faci%C3%A8s
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2009-03-11
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- coarsening-upward succession
1, record 4, English, coarsening%2Dupward%20succession
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
- coarsening upward succession 2, record 4, English, coarsening%20upward%20succession
correct
- coarsening-upwards sequence 3, record 4, English, coarsening%2Dupwards%20sequence
correct
- coarsening-upward sequence 4, record 4, English, coarsening%2Dupward%20sequence
correct
- upward-coarsening sequence 5, record 4, English, upward%2Dcoarsening%20sequence
correct
- upward coarsening sequence 6, record 4, English, upward%20coarsening%20sequence
correct
- upward-coarsening succession 7, record 4, English, upward%2Dcoarsening%20succession
correct
- upward coarsening succession 8, record 4, English, upward%20coarsening%20succession
correct
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A vertical change in a facies in which the grain size increases with height above the base. 1, record 4, English, - coarsening%2Dupward%20succession
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The lower coarsening-upwards sequence is a fine to medium-grained sandstone-dominated interval with minor interbeds of shale, siltstone and shaley siltstones. 3, record 4, English, - coarsening%2Dupward%20succession
Record 4, Key term(s)
- coarsening upwards sequence
- coarsening upward sequence
- coarsening-upwards succession
- coarsening upwards succession
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- séquence à granulométrie croissante vers le haut
1, record 4, French, s%C3%A9quence%20%C3%A0%20granulom%C3%A9trie%20croissante%20vers%20le%20haut
correct, feminine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- séquence à granocroissance vers le haut 2, record 4, French, s%C3%A9quence%20%C3%A0%20granocroissance%20vers%20le%20haut
correct, feminine noun
- séquence à granocroissance ascendante 3, record 4, French, s%C3%A9quence%20%C3%A0%20granocroissance%20ascendante
correct, feminine noun
- séquence à granoclassement inverse 4, record 4, French, s%C3%A9quence%20%C3%A0%20granoclassement%20inverse
correct, feminine noun
- succession à granocroissance ascendante 5, record 4, French, succession%20%C3%A0%20granocroissance%20ascendante
correct, feminine noun
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Séquence à granulométrie croissante vers le haut de grès à grains fins et de mudstone principalement rouges et gris dans la partie inférieure et de grès lithique et feldspathique à gros grains, gris verdâtre par endroits, ainsi que de conglomérat polymictique à galets vers le sommet. 1, record 4, French, - s%C3%A9quence%20%C3%A0%20granulom%C3%A9trie%20croissante%20vers%20le%20haut
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 CONT
La Formation de Campbellton est une séquence alluviale à granocroissance vers le haut de grès de grains fins à moyens, gris verdâtre, et de siltite calcaire à non calcaire interlités (membre [...], dont la granulométrie vers le haut passe du grès de grains moyens à grossiers et d'un conglomérat de galets à cailloux, prenant une teinte rouge grisâtre vers le sommet du stratotype. 2, record 4, French, - s%C3%A9quence%20%C3%A0%20granulom%C3%A9trie%20croissante%20vers%20le%20haut
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 3 CONT
La Formation de Tomogonops est constituée d'une séquence à granoclassement inverse de siltite calcareuse en strates minces à moyennes, gris pâle à moyen, de schiste, de wacke lithique et de wacke quartzifère ainsi que de grès à gros grains, non calcareux, en strates plus épaisses, et d'un conglomérat renfermant des clastes de roches sédimentaires, volcanomafiques et volcanofelsiques [...] 4, record 4, French, - s%C3%A9quence%20%C3%A0%20granulom%C3%A9trie%20croissante%20vers%20le%20haut
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Un caractère important (et facile à observer) des sédiments est la présence éventuelle de granoclassement («graded bedding»). On distingue le granoclassement normal («fining upward») où les sédiments deviennent de plus en plus fins vers le haut et le granoclassement inverse («coarsening upward») où les sédiments sont de plus en plus grossiers vers le haut. 6, record 4, French, - s%C3%A9quence%20%C3%A0%20granulom%C3%A9trie%20croissante%20vers%20le%20haut
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 OBS
La succession sédimentaire entre le sommet de la Formation de Wyandot et les matériaux sommitaux du Cénozoïque [...] présente une granocroissance ascendante [...] 7, record 4, French, - s%C3%A9quence%20%C3%A0%20granulom%C3%A9trie%20croissante%20vers%20le%20haut
Record 4, Key term(s)
- succession à granulométrie croissante vers le haut
- succession à granocroissance vers le haut
- succession à granoclassement inverse
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2006-11-15
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Mineralogy
- Petrography
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- prehnite-pumpellyite zone
1, record 5, English, prehnite%2Dpumpellyite%20zone
correct, see observation
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Secondary mineral assemblages in Eocene volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks of the Toa Baja drill hole progressively change as a function of depth. Four metamorphic zones are delineated with increasing depth : Ca-clinoptilolite {yields} heulandite {yields} laumontite {yields} prehnite-pumpellyite zone. The deepest belongs to the prehnite-pumpellyite facies, whereas the three zones at shallower depths(< 2, 350 m) belong to the zeolite facies. 2, record 5, English, - prehnite%2Dpumpellyite%20zone
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
prehnite-pumpellyite zone: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 3, record 5, English, - prehnite%2Dpumpellyite%20zone
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Minéralogie
- Pétrographie
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- zone à prehnite et pumpellyite
1, record 5, French, zone%20%C3%A0%20prehnite%20et%20pumpellyite
correct, see observation, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
zone à prehnite et pumpellyite : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 2, record 5, French, - zone%20%C3%A0%20prehnite%20et%20pumpellyite
Record 5, Key term(s)
- zone à prehnite-pumpellyite
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 2005-01-16
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- lithological contact
1, record 6, English, lithological%20contact
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
... disseminated gold deposits occur at major lithological contacts which mark a distinctive change in volcanic and sedimentary facies. 1, record 6, English, - lithological%20contact
Record 6, Key term(s)
- lithologic contact
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- contact lithologique
1, record 6, French, contact%20lithologique
correct, masculine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] les gîtes d'or disséminé se rencontrent au niveau de contacts lithologiques d'importance qui témoignent d'un changement marqué de faciès volcanique ou sédimentaire. 1, record 6, French, - contact%20lithologique
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 2004-02-25
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- heterotopic facies
1, record 7, English, heterotopic%20facies
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
... a contemporaneous heterotopic facies due to a lateral facies change from margins to axis of the basin. 1, record 7, English, - heterotopic%20facies
Record 7, Key term(s)
- heterotopical facies
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- faciès hétérotopique
1, record 7, French, faci%C3%A8s%20h%C3%A9t%C3%A9rotopique
correct, masculine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[...] faciès de bassins sédimentaires différents à un moment donné. 1, record 7, French, - faci%C3%A8s%20h%C3%A9t%C3%A9rotopique
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 2000-01-04
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Geological and Other Scientific Names
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- Kechika Group
1, record 8, English, Kechika%20Group
correct, see observation, Canada
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context. 2, record 8, English, - Kechika%20Group
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 OBS
In Cassiar Mountains the upper part of the Kechika Group of Cambro-Ordovician age includes dominantly argillaceous strata in the west that change to a much thicker, dominantly calcareous facies in the east(Gabrielse, 1963). 3, record 8, English, - Kechika%20Group
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- groupe de Kechika
1, record 8, French, groupe%20de%20Kechika
correct, see observation, masculine noun, Canada
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas. 2, record 8, French, - groupe%20de%20Kechika
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte. 2, record 8, French, - groupe%20de%20Kechika
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Dans la chaîne des Cassiars, la partie supérieure du groupe de Kechika du Cambro-Ordovicien est composée de strates à prédominance argileuse dans l'ouest qui se transforment graduellement en un faciès plus épais à prédominance calcaire dans l'est (Gabrielse, 1963). 3, record 8, French, - groupe%20de%20Kechika
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
Record 9 - internal organization data 1999-10-21
Record 9, English
Record 9, Subject field(s)
- Geological and Other Scientific Names
Record 9, Main entry term, English
- Nahanni Formation
1, record 9, English, Nahanni%20Formation
correct, see observation, Canada
Record 9, Abbreviations, English
Record 9, Synonyms, English
Record 9, Textual support, English
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context. 2, record 9, English, - Nahanni%20Formation
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 2 OBS
The Nahanni is a resistant, well-bedded, dense and bioclastic limestone, remarkably uniform in thickness at about 700 feet, but it may thicken to 1, 500 feet near the line of facies change to the Headless shales. 3, record 9, English, - Nahanni%20Formation
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Located in Western Canada. 4, record 9, English, - Nahanni%20Formation
Record 9, French
Record 9, Domaine(s)
- Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
Record 9, Main entry term, French
- formation de Nahanni
1, record 9, French, formation%20de%20Nahanni
correct, see observation, feminine noun, Canada
Record 9, Abbreviations, French
Record 9, Synonyms, French
Record 9, Textual support, French
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas. 2, record 9, French, - formation%20de%20Nahanni
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte. 2, record 9, French, - formation%20de%20Nahanni
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 3 OBS
La formation de Nahanni est un calcaire dur, bien lité, dense et bioclastique, d'une épaisseur remarquablement uniforme de 700 pieds, mais qui peut être de 1,500 pieds à proximité de la ligne de la transformation de faciès en les schistes argileux de la formation d'Headless. 3, record 9, French, - formation%20de%20Nahanni
Record 9, Spanish
Record 9, Textual support, Spanish
Record 10 - internal organization data 1999-07-28
Record 10, English
Record 10, Subject field(s)
- Geological and Other Scientific Names
Record 10, Main entry term, English
- Iltyd Range
1, record 10, English, Iltyd%20Range
correct, see observation, Canada
Record 10, Abbreviations, English
Record 10, Synonyms, English
Record 10, Textual support, English
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context. 2, record 10, English, - Iltyd%20Range
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 2 OBS
The facies change from shale to carbonate is abrupt, the shales in general being less extensive in the Ordovician than in the late Silurian, when carbonates were deposited only in Keele and Iltyd Ranges. 3, record 10, English, - Iltyd%20Range
Record 10, French
Record 10, Domaine(s)
- Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
Record 10, Main entry term, French
- chaînon Iltyd
1, record 10, French, cha%C3%AEnon%20Iltyd
correct, see observation, masculine noun, Canada
Record 10, Abbreviations, French
Record 10, Synonyms, French
Record 10, Textual support, French
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas. 2, record 10, French, - cha%C3%AEnon%20Iltyd
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte. 2, record 10, French, - cha%C3%AEnon%20Iltyd
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 3 OBS
La transformation du faciès de schiste argileux au faciès de roches carbonatées est brusque dans l'ensemble, du fait que les schistes argileux sont en général moins répandus dans l'Ordovicien que dans le Silurien supérieur, où le dépôt de roches carbonatées n'eut lieux que dans les chaînons Keele et Iltyd. 3, record 10, French, - cha%C3%AEnon%20Iltyd
Record 10, Spanish
Record 10, Textual support, Spanish
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