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ASSIMILATION WALLROCKS [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
CONT

Mechanisms of contamination that have been suggested include assimilation of sulphidic wall rock and metasomatic migration of sulphur out of the wall rock, into the magma.

Key term(s)
  • assimilation of wallrock
  • assimilation of country rock
  • assimilation of wall rocks
  • assimilation of wallrocks

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
CONT

Les mécanismes de contamination proposés sont, entre autres, l'assimilation des roches encaissantes sulfurées et la migration du soufre des roches encaissantes vers le magma à la faveur de réactions métasomatiques.

Spanish

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