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BE INTERTONGUED [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Iron and Manganese Mining
  • Translation (General)
OBS

Silicate and carbonate lithofacies are consistently developed in the lower parts of the iron-formation and locally in the middle and upper parts, where they interfinger on a microscopic and macroscopic scale.

OBS

... it has been inferred that some Witwatersrand ore-bearing zones were likely deposited near shorelines and are intertongued with marine or lacustrine sediments ...

OBS

interfinger; be intertongued: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Interfinger with.

Key term(s)
  • intefingered with
  • interfingered
  • intertongued

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines de fer et de manganèse
  • Traduction (Généralités)
OBS

Des lithofaciès silicatés et carbonatés sont uniformément présents dans les parties inférieures de la formation de fer et, par endroits, dans les parties intermédiaire et supérieure, où ils s'interdigitent à une échelle microscopique et macroscopique.

OBS

[...] on a établi [...] que certaines zones minéralisées du Supergroupe de Witwatersrand se sont probablement déposées près des lignes de rivage et qu'elles sont interdigitées avec des sédiments marins ou lacustres [...]

OBS

s'interdigiter; être interdigité : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Interdigité avec.

Key term(s)
  • interdigité
  • s'interdigiter avec
  • être interdigité avec

Spanish

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