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PLUTON TYPE [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
CONT

The recognition of a large Alaskan-type pluton in this highly accessible part of southern British Columbia indicates that the entire district needs to be re-mapped and evaluated for its skarn, porphyry and PGE[platinum group element]-potential.

OBS

Alaskan-type pluton: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

Key term(s)
  • Alaskan type pluton

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
OBS

pluton de type alaskien : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada-Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
CONT

A final orogenic pulse, marked by regional greenschist-facies transpression and emplacement of A-type granitoid plutons, occurred between 1740 and 1700 Ma, with deformation and plutonism potentially linked to crust-mantle detachment and incursion of mafic magmas at the base of the crust, respectively.

OBS

A-type pluton: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Une poussée orogénique finale, marquée par de la transpression régionale au faciès de schistes verts et la mise en place de plutons granitoïdes de type A a eu lieu entre 1740 et 1700 Ma, avec la déformation et le plutonisme potentiellement reliés au détachement de la croûte du manteau et à l’incursion de magmas mafiques à la base de la croûte respectivement.

OBS

pluton de type A : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada-Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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