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Record 1 2010-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Geology
OBS

A series of crystalline rocks of the Archaean epoch, found in the region of the great lakes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Génie chimique
  • Géologie
OBS

[...] faciès granitoïde de l'archéen d'Amérique, s'opposant au faciès schisteux (Keewatin). (C'est dans les gneiss laurentiens que s'intercalent les calcaires serpentineux à éozoon, trace possible d'un ancien organisme.)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cronología
  • Ingenieria química
  • Geología
CONT

Área de rocas laurénticas en el escudo canadiense.

CONT

La provincia lauréntica (-1000 m.a.) de Grenville.

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