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SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE [1 record]

Record 1 1999-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geology
DEF

A structure in a sedimentary rock, formed either contemporaneously with deposition (a primary sedimentary structure) or by sedimentary processes subsequent to deposition (a secondary structure ...).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géologie

Spanish

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

Configuración geométrica alcanzada después de haberse depositado los materiales erosionados o transportados.

CONT

Las estructuras sedimentarias, son quizás el criterio más importante de diagnóstico del ambiente deposicional y además han sido uno de los pilares más importantes en el desarrollo de la moderna Sedimentología.

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