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SILICATE ROCK [1 record]

Record 1 2005-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Petrography
DEF

A rock in which the process of silication has occurred.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Le métamorphisme provoque l'apparition de certaines espèces minérales [...] dans les roches silicatées et argileuses [...]

CONT

Roches métamorphiques silicatées sans quartz.- Elles sont constituées sans quartz.- Elles sont constituées par des silicates : amphibole, feldspath, pyroxène, grenat, épidote, talc, chlorite et serpentine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geoquímica
  • Petrografía
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