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MOLLASSE [1 record]

Record 1 2007-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

An extensive, postorogenic sedimentary formation representing the totality of the molasse facies resulting from the wearing down of elevated mountain ranges during and immediately succeeding the main paroxysmal (diastrophic) phase of an orogeny ...

OBS

A term originally used in Switzerland to describe the soft glauconitic sandstones, marls and conglomerates of Miocene age ... The term is now used to describe all detrital sediments of similar genesis laid down in foredeeps developed during the later stages of a major diastrophism.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Formation sédimentaire détritique correspondant à un grès calcaire friable à matériel hétérogène non usé et non classé.

OBS

[Les molasses] sont typiques des formations déposées au voisinage des chaînes de montagnes achevant leur mise en place [...]

OBS

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
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