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PERITIDAL [1 record]

Record 1 2011-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

The St. George Group is a ~500 m thick sequence of carbonate rock that accumulated during Early and early Middle Ordovician time in a series of shallow subtidal and peritidal environments near the outer edge of a low-latitude continental margin. ... The newly named basal Watts Bight Formation is a lower sequence of peritidal limestones and dolostones ...

OBS

peritidal: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Relatif à l'estran.

CONT

Le Groupe de St. George est une séquence d'environ 500 m de puissance, formé de carbonates accumulés durant l'Ordovicien inférieur et moyen dans des milieux subtidal et péritidal, sous une mince tranche d'eau près de la bordure externe d'une marge continentale à basse latitude. [...] La formation basale, nouvellement appelée Formation de Watts Bight, est composée d'une séquence inférieure de dolomies et de calcaires péritidaux [...]

OBS

péritidal : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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