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OVERHEAD STOPING [1 record]

Record 1 2011-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

With reference to large intrusive bodies, the passive rifting of blocks from the chamber walls.

OBS

overhead stoping: Term given by R.A. Daly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
CONT

Le magma granitique ferait peu à peu sa place dans l'écorce par la chute continuelle de blocs de son toit (xénolites) au sein du bain fondu et par la dissolution de ceux-ci dans la profondeur du bain. C'est la théorie de l'«overhead stoping» de R.A. Daly.

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