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Record 1 2016-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A rock occurring in [a] major plutonic intrusion.

OBS

[Applied] more precisely, [to an] igneous rock of the coarse-grain size group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

[...] les roches endogènes peuvent être divisées en deux grands groupes : les roches volcaniques ou «vulcanites» [...]; et les roches de profondeur, ou «plutonites» [...], qu'on ne voit jamais, de nos jours, se consolider en surface et dont on admet, pour cette raison, qu'elles ont pris forme en profondeur, et que seule une érosion ultérieure les a amenées au jour, où nous les voyons.

OBS

plutonite : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
DEF

Roca magmática que ha formado intrusiones dentro de otras rocas y se ha solidificado en el seno de ellas.

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