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ROCHE ANDESITIQUE [2 records]

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Record 1 2004-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
  • Petrography
CONT

The lower [formation] ... consists of up to 1,830 m of continental tholeiitic basalts with a basal veneer of fluvial sediments including the very important Venterpost placer ... Overlying formations include fault-controlled alluvial fan sediments, andesitic volcanics and up to 2,100 m of quartz phyric flows ....

OBS

As a noun, "volcanic" is usually plural.

Key term(s)
  • andesitic volcanics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Cette branche polynésienne du cercle circumpacifique [comprenant les îles Bonin, Marianne, Guam et les Carolines occidentales] [...] coïncide avec la ligne qui limite à l’est les affleurements de roches volcaniques andésitiques.

Spanish

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