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SUITE VOLCANIQUE [4 records]

Record 1 2011-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Bassin établi en bordure d’un craton.

CONT

Dans un bassin péricratonique de type marge passive, se sont succédées des sédimentations variées de type détritique, chimique, biologique et volcanique. À la suite de la collision panafricaine, se produisent des déformations tectoniques à l'origine de plusieurs phases de plissements.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-10-29

English

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

Volcanic-dominated sequences of rocks are the most important hosts to gold mineralization in Canada.

OBS

volcanic rock suite: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

Key term(s)
  • volcanic dominated sequence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
  • Pétrographie
OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological and Other Scientific Names
OBS

Similarities between the alkaline Copper Mountain plutonic suite and their host volcanic rocks of the eastern Nicola Assemblage suggest that they are subvolcanic equivalents ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
OBS

Des similitudes entre la suite plutonique alcaline de Copper Mountain et les roches hôtes volcaniques de l'Assemblage de Nicola oriental laissent supposer que les plutons sont les équivalents subvolcaniques de la succession volcanique [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 1985-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
CONT

Single-unit roof covering ... [This] type is suitable for flat roof decks ... Included are built-up roofing of asphalt or coal-tar pitch, and flat-seam metal roofings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
CONT

Etanchéité [multicouche] par ciment volcanique.(...) un feutre goudronné imprégné(...) une couche ciment volcanique, un feutre goudronné imprégné [ainsi de suite].

OBS

Ciment volcanique : brai de houille mou.

Spanish

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