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BANC CALCAIRE [1 record]

Record 1 2005-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Petrography
CONT

In central Kansas the Hartland Shale and Jetmore Chalk Members of the Greenhorn Limestone contain 16 burrow-mottled, ledge-forming, chalky limestone beds that can be traced across the entire outcrop.

CONT

Andradite skarns were formed by selective replacement of limestone beds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Pétrographie
CONT

[...] dans la Montagne Noire [en France], sur le granit de Montolieu, un banc calcaire du Thanétien offre la juxtaposition de deux terrains, l'un siliceux, l'autre calcaire.

CONT

Dans le Jura aussi, il arrive souvent que la partie la plus élevée d'une assise calcaire rendue discontinue par l'érosion glisse sur les flancs d'un anticlinal, la position originelle des couches étant respectée [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencia del suelo
  • Petrografía
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