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GISEMENT TELETHERMAL [1 record]

Record 1 2003-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
DEF

[A] very low-temperature [deposit] formed at [a great distance] from the source of the hydrothermal solutions which gave rise to [it].

CONT

... telethermal deposits ... are believed to have formed a long way from the parent magma at low temperatures and high in the crust. Temperatures are still higher than in ground waters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

Pour expliquer l'existence de filons métallifères loin de toute manifestation volcanique ou plutonique, il a fallu faire appel, par exemple, à des régénérations de minéralisations existant dans le socle («gîtes téléthermaux» de Hans Schneiderhöhn).

Spanish

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