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CALCAREOUS DOLOMITIC [1 record]

Record 1 2001-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Petrography
OBS

By analogy with "calcareous clastic" (see record).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Pétrographie
CONT

[...] les schistes et quartzites dominent en Rhodésie du Nord alors qu'au Katanga apparaissent davantage de faciès calcaréo-dolomitiques.

OBS

calcaréo- : [...] entre dans la composition de nombreux noms de minéraux, où il indique la présence du calcaire : calcaréo-ferrugineux, calcaréo-siliceux.

Spanish

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