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VESICULAIRE [1 record]

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Record 1 2019-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
DEF

Applied to the texture of a rock containing many small cavities (vesicules), the results of the presence of bubbles of steam or gas in molten rock (lava) as it cooled.

PHR

vesicular caprock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
DEF

[Se dit d'une] texture d'une roche ignée ayant des bulles d'air ou vésicules [...]

OBS

Ces vésicules ont été formées lorsque les gaz se sont échappés d'une lave au moment de la solidification de celle-ci.

PHR

texture vésiculaire

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Vulcanología y sismología
DEF

Dícese de la roca que tiene vesículas.

OBS

vesícula: cavidad más o menos esférica en el interior de una roca coherente.

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