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KEWEENAWAN [2 records]

Record 1 2005-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Petrography
  • Geology
DEF

A provincial series of the Precambrian in Michigan and Wisconsin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Pétrographie
  • Géologie
CONT

Le Huronien est recouvert en discordance, au sud-ouest du lac Supérieur, par le Keweenawien, formé de conglomérats, laves et grès : ce serait le Protérozoïque terminal.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cronología
  • Petrografía
  • Geología
DEF

Parte superior del algonquino caracterizada por abundantes coladas basálticas.

OBS

Viene su nombre de Keweenaw, península del lago Superior, en América del Norte.

OBS

Pese a que la fuente citada escribe los nombres de los períodos geológicos con minúscula, el Diccionario de dudas de la Real Academia Española señala que tales sustantivos deben escribirse con mayúscula.

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Record 2 2005-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Geology
CONT

Keweenawan rift system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Géologie
CONT

Système de rift keweenawien.

Spanish

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