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SHALE-HOSTED DEPOSIT [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radioactive Ores (Mining)
OBS

Individual deposits have been variously referred to as syngenetic, sedimentary, syndiagenetic, diagenetic, stratiform, concordant, peneconcordant, stratabound, stratiform, sediment-hosted, shale-hosted, sandstone-hosted and carbonate-hosted.

Key term(s)
  • shale hosted deposit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minerais radioactifs (Mines métalliques)
OBS

Que les schistes soient de nature métamorphique (en anglais «schist») ou d'origine sédimentaire (en anglais «shale»), il n'en reste pas moins qu'il s'agit de schistes et que le terme «shale» est un emprunt inutile.

OBS

gîte encaissé dans des shales; gisement encaissé dans des shales : termes proposés par une réviseure scientifique, Division de l'information scientifique, Secteur des sciences de la Terre, Ressources naturelles Canada.

Spanish

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