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PELITE CALCAIRE [1 record]

Record 1 2010-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Petrography
DEF

A consolidated mud consisting of detrital calcite particles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Roche sédimentaire calcaire formée essentiellement d'éléments plus petits que 1/16 mm.

OBS

calcilutite : C'est un terme général regroupant les calcaires fins, microcristallins, lithographiques, les micrites et les microsparites.

Spanish

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