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HOMOTACTIC FACIES [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geology
OBS

homotaxial: ... said of rock-stratigraphic units or biostratigraphic units that have a similar order of arrangement in different locations but are not necessarily contemporaneous ... Syn: homotaxeous; homotactic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géologie
CONT

[...] il peut arriver que le même faciès se trouve à des niveaux différents dans l'échelle stratigraphique. [...] Ce sont des faciès équivalents ou homotaxes (Haug).

OBS

homotaxe : Se dit de formations de même faciès et d'âge différent.

Spanish

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