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Record 1 2006-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
CONT

Although of high metamorphic grade, the quartz-plagioclase-biotite gneiss adjacent to the Montauban deposit has been interpreted to be derived mainly from felsic volcaniclastic rocks that contained local sedimentary intercalations ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Bien qu'ayant été soumis à un fort métamorphisme, les gneiss à quartz-plagioclase-biotite jouxtant le gisement de Montauban nous laissent supposer qu'ils sont issus d'une séquence de roches volcanoclastiques felsiques qui contenait localement des intercalations sédimentaires [...]

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