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Record 1 2006-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Metal Ores
  • Glaciology
CONT

Glacial placer deposits ... have formed when gold from regional bedrock or paleoplacer sources was incorporated into some types of glacial drift, such as glaciofluvial or ice contact deposits, moraines, and stratified till deposits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
  • Glaciologie
CONT

Les placers glaciaires [...] se sont formés lorsque l'or provenant du substratum rocheux ou de paléoplacers de la région a été incorporé dans certains types de sédiments glaciaires, comme les sédiments fluvioglaciaires ou juxtaglaciaires, les moraines et les dépôts de till stratifiés.

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