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CORTEGE OPHIOLITHIQUE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2011-01-17
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- ophiolitic suite
1, record 1, English, ophiolitic%20suite
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- ophiolite suite 2, record 1, English, ophiolite%20suite
correct
- ophiolitic complex 3, record 1, English, ophiolitic%20complex
correct
- ophiolite complex 4, record 1, English, ophiolite%20complex
correct
- ophiolitic succession 5, record 1, English, ophiolitic%20succession
correct
- ophiolite succession 5, record 1, English, ophiolite%20succession
correct
- ophiolitic sequence 5, record 1, English, ophiolitic%20sequence
correct
- ophiolite sequence 6, record 1, English, ophiolite%20sequence
correct
- ophiolitic assemblage 7, record 1, English, ophiolitic%20assemblage
correct
- ophiolite assemblage 8, record 1, English, ophiolite%20assemblage
correct
- ophiolites 6, record 1, English, ophiolites
correct, plural
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The ideal ophiolite succession comprises, in descending order, marine sediments, pillowed basaltic lavas, sheeted diabase dykes, noncumulate and cumulate mafic rocks, ultramafic ... cumulates, and ultramafic ... tectonites. 5, record 1, English, - ophiolitic%20suite
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
ophiolitic suite; ophiolite suite; ophiolitic complex; ophiolite complex; ophiolite sequence; ophiolitic assemblage; ophiolites: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 9, record 1, English, - ophiolitic%20suite
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- cortège ophiolitique
1, record 1, French, cort%C3%A8ge%20ophiolitique
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- séquence ophiolitique 2, record 1, French, s%C3%A9quence%20ophiolitique
correct, feminine noun
- complexe ophiolitique 3, record 1, French, complexe%20ophiolitique
correct, masculine noun
- association ophiolitique 4, record 1, French, association%20ophiolitique
correct, feminine noun
- ophiolites 5, record 1, French, ophiolites
correct, feminine noun, plural
- cortège ophiolithique 6, record 1, French, cort%C3%A8ge%20ophiolithique
avoid, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Séquence de roches ultramafiques à mafiques comprenant à partir de la base une péridotite, une dunite, une pyroxénite et un gabbro stratiformes, des dykes de diabase, des coulées basaltiques. 7, record 1, French, - cort%C3%A8ge%20ophiolitique
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le complexe ophiolitique idéal se compose, de haut en bas, de roches sédimentaires marines, de basaltes en coussins, d'un essaim de dykes de diabase [...], de roches mafiques à texture massive ou à texture cumulus, de cumulats ultramafiques [...] et de tectonites ultramafiques. 8, record 1, French, - cort%C3%A8ge%20ophiolitique
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
À ces formations basiques, que l'on rencontre dans des zones stables, s'opposent les complexes ophiolitiques (péridotites et serpentines à la base, gabbros, dolérites, basaltes avec coussinets et tufs au sommet) caractérisant un volcanisme précoce [...] 9, record 1, French, - cort%C3%A8ge%20ophiolitique
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 CONT
Description du complexe ophiolitique. Les roches basiques et ultra-basiques que l'on a appelées «roches vertes», ophiolites ou, pour souligner leur diversité, roches du cortège ophiolitique, comprennent presque toujours, lorsqu'elles se présentent en affleurements importants, à la fois des roches considérées comme plutoniques parce qu'elles sont grenues, et des roches dont l'origine effusive est manifeste du fait de leur structure microlitique. 10, record 1, French, - cort%C3%A8ge%20ophiolitique
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
séquence ophiolitique; complexe ophiolitique; ophiolites : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 7, record 1, French, - cort%C3%A8ge%20ophiolitique
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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