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  • Petrology

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    Mineralogy@
    Code

    Meaning

    Language

    Themes and places

    AP

    Argile Plastique

    In French

    CNNMN

    Commision on New Minerals and Mineral Names

    In English

    CoMP

    Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

    In English

    FG

    Fausses Glaises

    In French

    JMPS

    Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

    In English

    JPet

    Journal of Petrology (https://academic.oup.com/petrology)

    In English

    MORB

    Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalt

    In English

    MetPetDB
    Metamorphic Petrology Database

    MetPetDB (Metamorphic Petrology Database) is a geochemical database specific to metamorphic rock samples. It has been designed around the concept of preservation of spatial relationships, at all scales, of chemical analyses and their textural settings.

    In English

    MinPe

    Mineralogy and Petrology

    In English

    PetDB
    Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor (https://www.earthchem.org/petdb)

    PetDB (Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor) is a searchable database of published geochemical data for igneous and metamorphic rocks of the ocean floor, including magmatic rocks generated at mid-ocean ridges, back-arc basins, or young seamounts, abyssal peridotites, old oceanic crust, mantle xenoliths, and ophiolites.

    In English

    QAPF

    Quartz, Alkali feldspar, Plagioclase, Feldspathoid

    In English

    SA

    Sables d’Auteuil

    In French

    SC

    Sables de Cuise

    In French

    SF

    Sables de Fontainebleau

    In French

    SS

    Sables Supérieurs

    In French

    TAS

    Total-Alkali-Silica

    In English

    TSOP
    The Society for Organic Petrology (https://www.tsop.org/)

    The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP) is a non-profit organization for scientists and engineers involved with coal petrology, kerogen petrology, organic geochemistry and related disciplines. Its objectives are to promote research and state-of-the-art technologies in organic petrology, as well as to work for acceptable classifications of sedimentary organic matter.

    In English