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GZHELIAN [3 records]

Record 1 2005-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Petrography
  • Geology
DEF

Stage in Russia : uppermost Carboniferous(above Gzhelian, below Sakmarian of Permian).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Pétrographie
  • Géologie
DEF

Étage du Carbonifère supérieur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cronología
  • Petrografía
  • Geología
OBS

Pese a que la fuente citada escribe los nombres de los períodos geológicos con minúscula, el Diccionario de dudas de la Real Academia Española señala que tales sustantivos deben escribirse con mayúscula.

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Record 2 1998-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A stage of the [Russian?] Upper Carboniferous, between Moscovian and Orenburgian.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Étage du Carbonifère supérieur.

Key term(s)
  • Gshélien

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

A stage of the Upper Carboniferous above Bashkirian and below Gzhelian.

OBS

Probably used where facies is similar to that of the Upper Carboniferous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie

Spanish

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