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Record 1 2001-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

Said of the texture of a rock having crystals of significantly different sizes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

S'applique aux roches de texture granulaire et dont les constituants minéraux sont de tailles différentes.

CONT

Un grès est dit anisométrique lorsque les grains manquent absolument de régularité dans le classement des éléments et qu'ils ont des contours anguleux.

Spanish

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