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FERRUGINOUS LATERITE [1 record]

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Record 1 1992-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Iron and Manganese Mining
  • Economic Geology
OBS

By analogy with "siliceous laterite" (see record).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines de fer et de manganèse
  • Géologie économique
CONT

Les péridotites se transforment en une latérite ferrugineuse, légère, de couleur ocre, formée essentiellement de produits colloïdaux (alumogels).

CONT

[...] les gîtes de fer résiduels (latérites ferrugineuses) se forment essentiellement à partir de roches pauvres en alumine, notamment à partir de roches ultra-basiques [...]

CONT

[...] en Nouvelle-Calédonie, on peut circonscrire les zones de latérites ferrugineuses tabulaires ou à faible pente, qui tronquent le sommet des massifs péridotiques.

Spanish

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