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Record 1 2006-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
CONT

Matrix-supported conglomerates, also called diamictites, exhibit a disrupted matrix-supported fabric; they contain 15 percent or more (sometimes as much as 80 percent) sand-size and finer clastic matrix.

OBS

A matrix-supported conglomerate is also called a paraconglomerate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Roche terrigène constituée d'éléments mal classés et hétérogènes.

OBS

Les conglomérats [...] peuvent être qualifiés [...] suivant la nature du liant ou sa proportion (orthoconglomérats : moins de 15 % de matrice, structure jointive; paraconglomérats, plus de 15 %, structure empâtée à dispersée.

OBS

texture empâtée : Texture d'une roche dont la base est une pâte homogène avec parties constituantes ou accidentelles disséminées dans cette pâte.

Spanish

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