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BRECHE POLYGENIQUE [2 records]

Record 1 2011-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
DEF

Describing a material that was formed as a result of more than one source, or originated and developed at various places and times.

OBS

... opposite of monogenetic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
DEF

Qui est formé d’éléments d’origines différentes.

CONT

La pyrite peut former des concrétions ou pseudomorphoser beaucoup d’autres minéraux [...] La pyrite est donc «polygène» et il est bien démontré qu’elle ne peut être entièrement d’origine «hydrothermale».

OBS

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

PHR

Brèche, conglomérat, paraconglomérat polygénique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geoquímica
DEF

Dícese del modelado que presenta actualmente formas debidas a la acción de agentes de erosión que han obrado en épocas diferentes o a cambios que han modificado varias veces las condiciones de la erosión.

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Record 2 1998-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geology
  • Geochemistry
DEF

Breccia in which the fragments have a variety of compositions ...

Key term(s)
  • polymictic breccia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géologie
  • Géochimie
DEF

Brèche dont les constituants sont d’origines différentes.

Spanish

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