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CHARBON BARRE [3 records]

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Record 1 2011-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Geology
  • Metals Mining
  • Lignite, Graphite and Coal Mining
DEF

A thin layer of waste material which lies parallel to the bedding plane between ore veins or coal seams.

OBS

According to the ISO norm (ISO-R1213-2E, 1971), a "dirt band" is thicker than a "parting."

OBS

parting: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

Key term(s)
  • intervening stratum

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie économique
  • Mines métalliques
  • Exploit. de charbons fossiles autres que la tourbe
DEF

Intervalle entre deux couches de houille ou de minerai, formé par du terrain naturel [...]

CONT

Au milieu d’une couche de charbon une barre est gréseuse ou schisteuse.

OBS

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología económica
  • Minas metálicas
  • Explotación de lignito, grafito y carbón
DEF

[...] los estratos de roca estéril que se presentan entre las capas del combustible o dentro de las mismas capas.

Key term(s)
  • intercalación estéril
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Record 2 2011-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Classification of Coal
DEF

The common variety of bituminous and subbituminous coal [which] consists of a sequence of irregularly alternating layers or lenses of homogeneous black material having a brilliant vitreous luster, grayish-black, less brilliant, striated material usually of silky luster, and generally, thinner bands or lenses of soft, powdery, and fibrous particles of mineral charcoal.

CONT

[Banded and nonbanded coals] are further subdivised into bright coal, semisplint (semibright) coal, and splint (dull) coal for banded coal; cannel and boghead coal for nonbanded coal; or the lithotypes vitrain, attrital coal (clarain, durain), and fusain.

OBS

The difference in luster of the bands is greater in bituminous than in subbituminous coal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Classification des charbons
DEF

Charbon à composition hétérogène dans lequel des couches de couleur claire alternent avec des couches de couleur sombre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Clasificación del carbón
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Record 3 1999-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
DEF

A coal cutter whose cutting unit consisted of a disk or wheel, armed at its periphery with cutters ... The disk coal cutter is obsolescent.

Key term(s)
  • disc coal cutter
  • disc coal-cutter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
CONT

Les premières haveuses ont été construites en Angleterre il y a plus d’un siècle. C'étaient des haveuses à disques attaquant le charbon à la manière d’une scie rotative [...] elles ont été abandonnées et remplacées par les haveuses à barre [...]

Spanish

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