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ZONED COMPLEX [2 records]

Record 1 2010-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

World-class vermiculite deposits occur mainly within zoned ultramafic complexes or carbonatites. ... Semi-circular surface exposures found with deposits associated with ultramafic zoned complexes or carbonatites, usually near the core of the intrusion.

OBS

zoned ultramafic complex: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

En domaine continental et dans les arcs insulaires, l'expression en surface de ce «diapirisme translithosphérique» serait représentée par les complexes ultramafiques zonés (dont complexes platinifères de l'Oural, ou ceux de l'Alaska), voire par les complexes magmatiques annulaires.

OBS

complexe ultramafique zoné : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

... the vermiculite is found within a concentrically zoned complex of igneous intrusions that include biotite pyroxenite and biotitite, a rock made up of almost pure biotite.

OBS

zoned complex: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Zoned ultramafic complex.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
OBS

complexe zoné : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Complexe ultramafique zoné.

Spanish

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