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EN-ECHELON VEINS [1 record]

Record 1 2006-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Metal Ores
  • Tectonics
OBS

en echelon: ... A term used with reference to ... the repeated parallel occurrence of lenticular ore bodies or vein: en echelon veins.

CONT

Extensional veins ... also occur as sets of en echelon veins in relatively competent host lithologies ...

CONT

Mineralized extensional veins and stockwork zones occur dominantly as groups of parallel, planar fractures or arrays of en-echelon veins in relatively competent host lithologies ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
  • Tectonique
CONT

Les filons d'extension [...] prennent aussi la forme de séries de filons en échelon dans des lithologies hôtes relativement compétentes [...]

OBS

Filons disposés en échelons : par analogie avec «plis disposés en échelons».

OBS

C'est un bel exemple de contrôle par la compétence des roches hôtesses [...] Les veines se disposent très souvent en «tuiles de toit» ou en échelon [...]

Key term(s)
  • filons se relayant en échelons

Spanish

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