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GRANOPHYRE [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A porphyritic extrusive rock characterized by a micrographic holocrystalline groundmass, or a fine-grained granitic rock having a micrographic structure.

CONT

The Sudbury Basin ... is 60 X 27 km ... Its most obvious feature is the so-called Nickel Irruptive, which consists of a lower (outer) layer of augite-norite and an upper layer of granophyre.

CONT

The base of the Onaping Formation has been intruded by the underlying granophyre of the complex.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Microgranite à structure micropegmatitique.

CONT

La base de la Formation d’Onaping montre des signes de recoupement par le granophyre sous-jacent appartenant au complexe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
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Record 2 2003-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological and Other Scientific Names
  • Petrography
OBS

The [Sudbury Igneous] Complex consists of two main layer-like units ..., the Lower Zone and the Upper Zone. ... The Upper Zone (1-2.5 km thick), which is made up mainly of granophyre, has an abruptly transitional contact with the underlying quartz-rich gabbro.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
  • Pétrographie
OBS

Le Complexe [igné de Sudbury] est constitué de deux unités stratiformes principales [...] que l'on peut qualifier de Zone inférieure(Lower Zone) et de Zone supérieure(Upper Zone). [...] La Zone supérieure(1-2, 5 km d’épaisseur), qui est composée surtout de granophyre, montre un contact progressif sur une courte distance avec le gabbro riche en quartz sous-jacent.

Spanish

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