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Record 1 2005-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

Small-scale folding (wavelength of a few millimeters) that occurs chiefly in metamorphic rocks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Caractère d'une schistosité correspondant à une structure non pénétrative à l'échelle de l'échantillon et à une division rythmique de la roche en domaines planaires parallèles et espacés de quelques millimètres à quelques centimètres.

Spanish

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