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TURBULENT PLUME [1 record]

Record 1 2003-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
CONT

This model [for reef-type deposits in which magma mixing was considered as the fundamental process for enrichment], and subsequent refinements, are summarized as follows ...: a large, density-stratified magma chamber with cumulus layers forming at the base is injected by a new pulse of hot, primitive magma as a turbulent plume ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

Ce modèle [de formation des gîtes de type horizon minéralisé qui fait appel au mélange de magmas comme processus fondamental d'enrichissement en ÉGP] et ses perfectionnements ultérieurs se résument comme suit [...] : dans une vaste chambre magmatique dans laquelle s'observe une stratification traduisant un gradient de densité avec accumulation de cumulats à la base, il y a injection à la base d'un nouveau magma primitif chaud sous la forme d'un panache turbulent [...]

Spanish

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