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AUTHIGENETIC DEPOSIT [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2000-06-14
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Metals Mining
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- autochthonous deposit
1, record 1, English, autochthonous%20deposit
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
... autochthonous deposits ... are those which form within the environment in which they are deposited. 1, record 1, English, - autochthonous%20deposit
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
It is convenient to divide the mineral deposits ... according to whether they were formed outside the arc-trench environment and transported to it by plate motion (allochthonous deposits), or whether they originated within this geosynclinal complex (autochthonous deposits)... 1, record 1, English, - autochthonous%20deposit
Record 1, Key term(s)
- authigenic deposit
- authigenous deposit
- authigenetic deposit
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Mines métalliques
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- gîte autochtone
1, record 1, French, g%C3%AEte%20autochtone
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- gîte en place 1, record 1, French, g%C3%AEte%20en%20place
correct, masculine noun
- gisement en place 1, record 1, French, gisement%20en%20place
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Deux catégories de gisements d'alumine sont distinguées : gîtes autochtones formés par altération sur place de la roche encaissante [...]; gîtes allochtones dont le métallotecte originel est également un phénomène d'altération, mais avec transport ultérieur et dépôt souvent dans des aires karstifiées de roches carbonatées. 1, record 1, French, - g%C3%AEte%20autochtone
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Associations gîtes en place-gîtes détritiques. - Cas du passage des gîtes d'or en place à des gîtes alluvionnaires. - En général, dans une province aurifère donnée, on trouve à la fois de l'or en place et de l'or alluvionnaire. Mais, dans le détail, les gîtes alluvionnaires ne sont pas toujours au voisinage des gîtes en place et ne présentent pas toujours une liaison génétique visible. 1, record 1, French, - g%C3%AEte%20autochtone
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 CONT
Gîtes primaires autochtones. Ils représentent la grande majorité des exemples connus sur les roches silicatées [...] 1, record 1, French, - g%C3%AEte%20autochtone
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 4 CONT
Gîtes secondaires autochtones [...] La bauxite est primaire. Mais des modifications chimiques ultérieures en changent la composition, l'enrichissant souvent en alumine. 1, record 1, French, - g%C3%AEte%20autochtone
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Par opposition à «gîte allochtone». 2, record 1, French, - g%C3%AEte%20autochtone
Record 1, Key term(s)
- gisement autochtone
- gîte authigène
- gisement authigène
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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