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TELETHERMAL [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
DEF

Said of a hydrothermal mineral deposit formed at shallow depth and relatively low temperatures, with little or no wall-rock alteration, presumably far from the source of hydrothermal solutions.

OBS

Characterized by lesser intensity than epithermal and in general by remoteness from an igneous source.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

Beaucoup de gisements de substitution paraissent des métasomatoses d'eaux ascendantes hydrothermales. Ils se rattacheraient aux gîtes filoniens, mais à grande distance des foyers d'apport hydrothermal, et on les qualifie de «téléthermaux».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Minas metálicas
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