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CALCAIRE ORGANOGENE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2001-03-15
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
- Geochemistry
- Geology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- biomicrite
1, record 1, English, biomicrite
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A limestone consisting of a variable proportion of skeletal debris and carbonate mud (micrite); specifically a limestone containing less than 25% intraclasts and less than 25% ooliths, with a volume ratio of fossils and fossil fragments to pellets greater than 3 to 1, and the carbonate-mud matrix more abundant than the sparry-calcite cement ... 2, record 1, English, - biomicrite
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
At the base, there is usually an abrupt change to massive pyrite from a footwall of nodular micrite, shale biomicrite and other limestone units of the Mudbank Limestone. 3, record 1, English, - biomicrite
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
The major organism is often specified, e.g., brachiopod biomicrite ... 4, record 1, English, - biomicrite
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
- Géochimie
- Géologie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- biomicrite
1, record 1, French, biomicrite
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Calcaire similaire à la biosparite sauf que la calcite est plus abondante sous forme de microcristaux de type micrite que sous forme de cristaux de type spathite dans le ciment. 2, record 1, French, - biomicrite
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La famille des roches [allochimiques] peut, à son tour, se diviser en deux groupes d’après la nature du ciment. Nous aurons ainsi : I) À ciment de calcite spathique : [...] II) Avec matrice de calcite microcristalline : 1) avec [intraclastes] : Intramicrite [...] 2) avec oolithes : Oomicrite [...] 3) avec fossiles : Biomicrite [....] 4) avec «pellets» : Pelmicrite [...] 3, record 1, French, - biomicrite
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Biomicrite à pellets de type grainstone à packstone. 4, record 1, French, - biomicrite
Record 1, Key term(s)
- calcaire organogène
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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