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ROCHE SCHISTEUSE [2 records]

Record 1 2005-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

... a rock displaying schistosity.

Key term(s)
  • schist rock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Les roches à texture schisteuse (granitogneiss) et les filons se divisent surtout en bancs ou en plaques assez minces.

CONT

Les roches sédimentaires argileuses deviennent d'abord schisteuses, c'est-à-dire feuilletées.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
DEF

Bands of red shale occurring between the Second and Third Oil Sands in the Oil Creek, Pennsylvania, field.

Key term(s)
  • chocolate rock
  • putty rock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
Key term(s)
  • roche schisteuse rouge

Spanish

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