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Record 1 2012-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

... a maceral of the huminite group (subgroup-humodetrinite), which, as a result of gelification, comprises the finely detrital and more or less compressed humic "groundmass" of browncoals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Macéral appartenant au groupe huminite et au sous-groupe humodétrinite, qui correspond au «ciment» humique finement détritique des lignites plus ou moins compactés par gélification.

Spanish

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