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HYBRIDATION MAGMATIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 2003-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geochemistry
DEF

The process whereby rocks of different composition from that of the parent magma are formed, by assimilation.

CONT

If a xenolith is partly digested, some of its constituents are "assimilated" by the magma; if it is completely digested, all are assimilated ... Where the environment is solidified magma from an earlier stage of the same magmatic event, the process is called "hybridization" ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géochimie
DEF

Processus par lequel les roches dont la composition diffère de celle du magma parent sont formées par assimilation de la roche encaissante originelle.

CONT

Si un xénolite est partiellement digéré, certains de ses constituants sont «assimilés» par le magma; s’il est complètement digéré, tous sont assimilés [...] Quand l'encaissant est lui-même un magma solidifié qui appartient à un stade précoce du même cycle magmatique, le processus porte le nom d’«hybridation» [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Geoquímica
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