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SEQUENCE SCHISTE [3 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2016-02-29
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- petrographic facies
1, record 1, English, petrographic%20facies
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- petrofacies 1, record 1, English, petrofacies
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Facies distinguished primarily on the basis of appearance or composition without respect to form, boundaries, or mutual relations ... They consist of actual large bodies of rock occurring in certain areas and in more or less restricted parts of the stratigraphic section ..., or they may consist of all rocks of a single kind ... 2, record 1, English, - petrographic%20facies
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- faciès pétrographique
1, record 1, French, faci%C3%A8s%20p%C3%A9trographique
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- pétrofaciès 2, record 1, French, p%C3%A9trofaci%C3%A8s
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La dénomination des types peut se faire d’une manière géographique : exemple, pour le minerai de fer : «type Lorraine», ou mieux par une dénomination minéralogique ou géologique [...] par exemple : «Type oxydo-carbonaté oolithique dans des séries transgressives gréseuses», pour le gisement de manganèse de Tchiatoura [...] Cette dénomination [...] permet d’associer un type de minéral (oxydo-carbonaté) à un faciès pétrographique déterminé (oolithique). 3, record 1, French, - faci%C3%A8s%20p%C3%A9trographique
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Séquence argileuse.-En supposant l'argile formée essentiellement de kaolinite, silicate hydraté d’alumine [...], le premier faciès pétrographique obtenu est celui de l'argilite, ou schiste argileux [...] 4, record 1, French, - faci%C3%A8s%20p%C3%A9trographique
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2011-02-07
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- shale sequence
1, record 2, English, shale%20sequence
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- shale succession 2, record 2, English, shale%20succession
correct
- sequence of shale 3, record 2, English, sequence%20of%20shale
correct
- succession of shale 4, record 2, English, succession%20of%20shale
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Below the Nisku Formation and in this area, apparently in conformable relation to it, is the shale sequence of the Ireton Formation. 5, record 2, English, - shale%20sequence
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
shale sequence: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 6, record 2, English, - shale%20sequence
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- séquence de schiste
1, record 2, French, s%C3%A9quence%20de%20schiste
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- succession de schiste 1, record 2, French, succession%20de%20schiste
correct, feminine noun
- assemblage de schiste 1, record 2, French, assemblage%20de%20schiste
correct, feminine noun
- séquence de shale 2, record 2, French, s%C3%A9quence%20de%20shale
anglicism, see observation, feminine noun
- succession de shale 3, record 2, French, succession%20de%20shale
anglicism, see observation, feminine noun
- assemblage de shale 4, record 2, French, assemblage%20de%20shale
anglicism, see observation, masculine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La cartographie structurale de surface a révélé une séquence de shale marin d’une puissance de 4 000 m, d’âge ordovicien-silurien, faiblement plissée [...] et chevauchée en discordance par un lambeau de charriage de forme synclinale [...] 5, record 2, French, - s%C3%A9quence%20de%20schiste
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Les roches des nappes de Sillery de Chaudière et de Granby appartiennent à l’assemblage de shale - grès feldspathique [...] 6, record 2, French, - s%C3%A9quence%20de%20schiste
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Que le schiste soit de nature métamorphique (en anglais «schist») ou d’origine sédimentaire (en anglais «shale»), il n’en reste pas moins qu’il s’agit de schiste et que le terme «shale» est un emprunt inutile. 1, record 2, French, - s%C3%A9quence%20de%20schiste
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
séquence de shale; succession de shale; assemblage de shale : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 1, record 2, French, - s%C3%A9quence%20de%20schiste
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2009-03-11
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- coarsening-upward succession
1, record 3, English, coarsening%2Dupward%20succession
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- coarsening upward succession 2, record 3, English, coarsening%20upward%20succession
correct
- coarsening-upwards sequence 3, record 3, English, coarsening%2Dupwards%20sequence
correct
- coarsening-upward sequence 4, record 3, English, coarsening%2Dupward%20sequence
correct
- upward-coarsening sequence 5, record 3, English, upward%2Dcoarsening%20sequence
correct
- upward coarsening sequence 6, record 3, English, upward%20coarsening%20sequence
correct
- upward-coarsening succession 7, record 3, English, upward%2Dcoarsening%20succession
correct
- upward coarsening succession 8, record 3, English, upward%20coarsening%20succession
correct
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A vertical change in a facies in which the grain size increases with height above the base. 1, record 3, English, - coarsening%2Dupward%20succession
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The lower coarsening-upwards sequence is a fine to medium-grained sandstone-dominated interval with minor interbeds of shale, siltstone and shaley siltstones. 3, record 3, English, - coarsening%2Dupward%20succession
Record 3, Key term(s)
- coarsening upwards sequence
- coarsening upward sequence
- coarsening-upwards succession
- coarsening upwards succession
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- séquence à granulométrie croissante vers le haut
1, record 3, French, s%C3%A9quence%20%C3%A0%20granulom%C3%A9trie%20croissante%20vers%20le%20haut
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
- séquence à granocroissance vers le haut 2, record 3, French, s%C3%A9quence%20%C3%A0%20granocroissance%20vers%20le%20haut
correct, feminine noun
- séquence à granocroissance ascendante 3, record 3, French, s%C3%A9quence%20%C3%A0%20granocroissance%20ascendante
correct, feminine noun
- séquence à granoclassement inverse 4, record 3, French, s%C3%A9quence%20%C3%A0%20granoclassement%20inverse
correct, feminine noun
- succession à granocroissance ascendante 5, record 3, French, succession%20%C3%A0%20granocroissance%20ascendante
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Séquence à granulométrie croissante vers le haut de grès à grains fins et de mudstone principalement rouges et gris dans la partie inférieure et de grès lithique et feldspathique à gros grains, gris verdâtre par endroits, ainsi que de conglomérat polymictique à galets vers le sommet. 1, record 3, French, - s%C3%A9quence%20%C3%A0%20granulom%C3%A9trie%20croissante%20vers%20le%20haut
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 CONT
La Formation de Campbellton est une séquence alluviale à granocroissance vers le haut de grès de grains fins à moyens, gris verdâtre, et de siltite calcaire à non calcaire interlités (membre [...], dont la granulométrie vers le haut passe du grès de grains moyens à grossiers et d’un conglomérat de galets à cailloux, prenant une teinte rouge grisâtre vers le sommet du stratotype. 2, record 3, French, - s%C3%A9quence%20%C3%A0%20granulom%C3%A9trie%20croissante%20vers%20le%20haut
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 3 CONT
La Formation de Tomogonops est constituée d’une séquence à granoclassement inverse de siltite calcareuse en strates minces à moyennes, gris pâle à moyen, de schiste, de wacke lithique et de wacke quartzifère ainsi que de grès à gros grains, non calcareux, en strates plus épaisses, et d’un conglomérat renfermant des clastes de roches sédimentaires, volcanomafiques et volcanofelsiques [...] 4, record 3, French, - s%C3%A9quence%20%C3%A0%20granulom%C3%A9trie%20croissante%20vers%20le%20haut
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Un caractère important (et facile à observer) des sédiments est la présence éventuelle de granoclassement («graded bedding»). On distingue le granoclassement normal («fining upward») où les sédiments deviennent de plus en plus fins vers le haut et le granoclassement inverse («coarsening upward») où les sédiments sont de plus en plus grossiers vers le haut. 6, record 3, French, - s%C3%A9quence%20%C3%A0%20granulom%C3%A9trie%20croissante%20vers%20le%20haut
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS
La succession sédimentaire entre le sommet de la Formation de Wyandot et les matériaux sommitaux du Cénozoïque [...] présente une granocroissance ascendante [...] 7, record 3, French, - s%C3%A9quence%20%C3%A0%20granulom%C3%A9trie%20croissante%20vers%20le%20haut
Record 3, Key term(s)
- succession à granulométrie croissante vers le haut
- succession à granocroissance vers le haut
- succession à granoclassement inverse
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
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