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Geology of Cambodia (812 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

understood. The region experienced tectonic activity and low-grade metamorphic rock formation throughout the Paleozoic, which a shift to marine conditions

Marble Mountain Wilderness (964 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

distinctive coloration caused by light-colored limestone along with black metamorphic rock on some peaks, giving the mountains a marbled appearance. There are

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large yellowish root that is eaten as a vegetable" skarn, "contact metamorphic rock rich in iron" smorgasbord, "a luncheon or supper buffet offering a

A Man of the People (short story) (483 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

events of the first two million years, the Fore-Eras, like layers of metamorphic rock, were so compressed, so distorted by the weight of the succeeding millennia

Schist Lake (Manitoba) (169 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

of the Northwest Arm. The name comes from the predominant type of metamorphic rock which surrounds the lake, part of the Canadian Shield. It was originally

Catalina Schist (171 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Catalina Schist is a metamorphic rock complex primarily exposed on Santa Catalina Island of the Channel Islands of California. It formed during the

Phantom Rock (146 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ambalavayal in the district of Wayanad in Kerala. It is a natural metamorphic rock formation resembling a human skull, and thus is known as Phantom Rock

Geology of Quebec (685 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

provinces, made up of ancient Precambrian crystalline igneous and metamorphic rock, overlain by younger sedimentary rocks and soils. Most of southern

Pholas dactylus (315 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on the longitudinal axis. It has been known to bore into the hard metamorphic rock gneiss, though it more often lives in softer rock. It is a filter feeder

Domenigoni Mountains (185 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Domenigoni Valley. The Domenigoni Mountains are composed primarily of metamorphic rock of the Triassic - Jurassic French Valley formation within Searls Ridge

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The Spruce Pine Mining District is a swath of the valley of the North Toe River in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northwestern North Carolina. The area is

Mount Karifuri (161 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

plutonic rock formed 40–32 million years ago. The eastern side is made of metamorphic rock formed under low-to-mid pressure 50–20 million years ago. 地図閲覧サービス

Geology of Northumberland National Park (1,337 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The geology of Northumberland National Park in northeast England includes a mix of sedimentary, intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks from the Palaeozoic

Rawson Mountains (California) (226 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

and Black Mountain. The Rawson Mountains are composed primarily of metamorphic rock of the Triassic - Jurassic French Valley formation, formed as a roof

Cly Castle (388 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

consisting of a keep with a surrounding wall. The ruins rise from a bed of metamorphic rock, on the edge of a fault line which extends to the Castle of Quart.

Geology of Cape Town (3,020 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

formations are the late-Precambrian Malmesbury group (sedimentary and metamorphic rock), the Cape Granite suite, comprising the huge Peninsula, Kuilsriver-Helderberg

Geology of Ontario (2,416 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The geology in Ontario consists of ancient Precambrian igneous and metamorphic rock which sits under younger, sedimentary rocks and soils. Around 61% of

Witwatersrand (3,671 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in South Africa. It consists of a hard, erosion-resistant quartzite metamorphic rock, over which several north-flowing rivers form waterfalls, which account

Tecomazuchil Formation (245 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

conglomerate 135 m thick and predominantly composed of quartz and metamorphic rock fragments, overlain by about 600 m of interbedded tan to red conglomerates

Inks Lake State Park (905 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

limestone rock in the park, a type of metamorphic rock called Valley Spring gneiss ("nice"). This metamorphic rock is often mistaken for town mountain granite

Bridal Veil Falls (Routeburn, Otago) (143 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

bridge of the Routeburn Track. This fall is over Torlesse Terrane metamorphic rock. Bridal Veil Bridge http://www.doc.govt.nz/documents/about-doc/rol

Cadaqués (1,690 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

halfway between an igneous and metamorphic rock. The area also contains a lot of schist: a medium grade metamorphic rock that has been flattened into sheets

Mount Phillips (New Mexico) (339 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the closest camp with water. The mountain consists primarily of the metamorphic rock, pink gneiss, which is quite evident as small boulders on the trail

Cataclastic rock (716 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

(PDF). Recommendations by the IUGS Subcommission on the Systematics of Metamorphic Rock. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 2009-11-02. Sibson, R.H. (1977). "Fault rocks

Country rock (geology) (424 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the intrusions usually changes the country rock, often to contact metamorphic rock. Commonly, hornfels is produced, or skarn. When describing recent alluvium

Geography of Jamaica (2,783 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

thick layers of limestone were laid down over the old igneous and metamorphic rock. In many places, the limestone is thousands of feet[specify] thick

Parent material (861 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

material. The consolidated rocks consist of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock, etc. Soil developed in residual parent material is that which forms

Grass Valley, California (2,947 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

7 square miles (12 km2), all of it land. A variety of igneous and metamorphic rock supports Grass Valley. Granitic rock such as quartz diorite underlies

Geology of Bosnia and Herzegovina (804 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Small and medium-sized plutons are found in the subsurface, within the metamorphic rock. Strontium-argon dating of the Motajica granitoid returned an age of

Phoenix Mountains (656 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

is an exposed remnant of northeast-striking Proterozoic low-grade metamorphic rock that is thought to be nearly 12-km thick. The first deposits from 1

Kennebunkport, Maine (2,047 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

largely metamorphic rock, but here the coast is a mixture of igneous rock, and embayments of more deeply eroded sedimentary and metamorphic rock. These

Makrana (706 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ambedkar Park of Lucknow, Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. Makrana marble is a metamorphic rock. It is found in a single deposit in India. The Makrana marble has a

Arrow Peak (380 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

its neighboring, peaks, especially Vestal Peak, all formed from the metamorphic rock quartzite, are considered hard climbs, Arrow Peak ranking as the toughest

Cardiff, Maryland (586 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Marble" or what geologists term a serpentinite. The greenish rock is a metamorphic rock consisting wholly of serpentine minerals commonly derived from the

Tsaliet (1,234 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of semi-natural vegetation. The Tsaliet Group, an older sequence of metamorphic rock is named after the Tsaliet River. Based on crystallisation ages of

Soil in Atsbi Wenberta (2,335 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

northern part of the district is on the high uplifted Atsbi Horst (with metamorphic rock and consolidated Palaeozoic fluvio-glacial deposits), whereas the southern

Betpak-Dala (539 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a plicate structure and is composed of Lower Paleozoic sedimentary-metamorphic rock series and granite. The climate is sharply continental. The annual

Pseudofossil (578 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

cracks. Scale in mm. Eozoön canadense from the Precambrian of Canada, a metamorphic rock made of interlayered calcite and serpentine. A well-known pseudofossil

Argon–argon dating (1,101 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

when a mineral cooled through its closure temperature. However, in a metamorphic rock that has not exceeded its closure temperature the age likely dates

Marble Canyon (British Columbia) (448 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

microcrystalline limestone (sedimentary rock) rather than marble (metamorphic rock). The native name of the canyon in the Shuswap language is, when referring

Aegean Sea Plate (820 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

This period enabled metamorphism and then exhumation of many types of metamorphic rock found on the Aegean islands. The Aegean Sea and surrounding area is

Achtermannshöhe (225 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rocky, treeless Kuppe of the Achtermann comprises hornfels, a contact metamorphic rock. The hornstone on the summit has a depth of about 10 m and was formed

Point Marsden (842 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Holocene. The cliff line which includes Point Marsden consists of a metamorphic rock belonging to the Kangaroo Island Group bedrock called Boxing Bay Formation

Charlies Bunion (873 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the Eastern Smokies. These cliffs are underlain by a Precambrian metamorphic rock of the Ocoee Supergroup known as "Anakeesta Formation," which consists

Eldorado Peak (595 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

lowest flanks are made of different rock types, mostly heterogeneous metamorphic rock. There are only two normal faults: one on the east flank, the other

Cape Gantheaume (1,155 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Holocene. The cliff line which includes Cape Gantheaume consists of a metamorphic rock belonging to the Kanmantoo group bedrock called Middleton Sandstone

Hollywood Hills (1,735 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Drive. Bedrock of the Hills is a complex association of granitic and metamorphic rock plus interbedded sandstone and shale on which brown loamy soil, often

Ilmen Nature Reserve (682 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

above sea level. The geology is a complex assortment of igneous and metamorphic rock. The granitic formations contain many pegmatite veins with associated

Two Lights State Park (690 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Conservation and Forestry. Geologic The park's ledges are made up of metamorphic rock that first accumulated as sediment at the bottom of the ocean during

Aravalli Range (5,459 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

gneissic complex with schists (medium grade metamorphic rock), gneisses (high grade regional metamorphic rock), composite gneiss and quartzites. It forms

Emery (rock) (463 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Metamorphic rock

Ao Phang Nga National Park (952 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fault.' The region also exhibits a combination of sedimentary and metamorphic rock formations, particularly evident in the limestone mountains. Over time

Geology of Saudi Arabia (1,296 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

gravel blankets the Ad Dibdibah Plain, with quartz, carbonate and metamorphic rock grains spanning into Iraq and Kuwait. Al Harrah lava field basalt pebbles

Cathedral Peak (California) (637 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

is an intrusion into an area of older intrusive (or plutonic) and metamorphic rock in the Sierra Nevada Batholith. It is part of a grouping of intrusions

Cape du Couedic (949 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Holocene. The cliff line which includes Cape du Couedic consists of a metamorphic rock belonging to the Kanmantoo group bedrock called Middleton Sandstone

Borborema Plateau (280 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

anastomosing shear zone. The plateau is composed primarily of igneous and metamorphic rock. "Borborema Plateau". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica

Old Black (Great Smoky Mountains) (912 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Old Black comprises Thunderhead sandstone, a type of Precambrian metamorphic rock common throughout the Smokies. The rock is part of the Ocoee Supergroup

Benito Juárez, Buenos Aires (441 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sombrerito". The system is built on two billion year old igneous and metamorphic rock that most likely was a part of the supercontinent Rodinia when its

Addi Asme'e (102 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from rapid siltation. The lithology of the catchment is Precambrian metamorphic rock. De Wit, Joke (2003). Stuwmeren in Tigray (Noord-Ethiopië): kenmerken

Geology of Montana (1,080 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Creek Group and the Stillwater Complex are examples of Precambrian metamorphic rock units The first two groups are made up of folded and metamorphosed

Mount Maude (279 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

made of Triassic Orthogneiss and Triassic to Permian Heterogeneous Metamorphic rock. While the northeast side also consist of Eocene Quartz Diorite, and

Chamoli district (5,709 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

lower altitude, consists essentially of sedimentary and low grade metamorphic rock also intruded by later volcanic rocks. Geologically very little is

Maw sit sit (194 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Maw sit sit metamorphic rock Composition kosmochlor, chromium-enriched jadeite, albite feldspar

Snake Range (784 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

geologic feature, containing some of the world's best examples of metamorphic rock and extensional deformation. The range has been designated as only

Igneous intrusion (2,757 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a density of 2.4 Mg/m3, much less than the 2.8 Mg/m3 of high-grade metamorphic rock. This gives the magma tremendous buoyancy, so that ascent of the magma

Tusas Mountains (514 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tierra Amarilla Land Grant. The terrain consists of harder granite and metamorphic rock, and is more rugged than the eastern side. It includes features such

Geology of New Jersey (1,216 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Quartzite separates the Kittatinny Valley from the Highlands. Igneous and metamorphic rock from the Late Precambrian and Early Paleozoic era, make up the Highlands

Tonstein (338 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds Pelite – Metamorphic rock Shale – Fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock "Tonstein". Litholexikon

Geology of Nebraska (1,293 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Nebraska or neighboring states. Research in the 1970s revealed little metamorphic rock overall with a preponderance of sheared granite and granodiorite making

List of minerals (2,720 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(asbestiform grunerite) Antozonite (variety of fluorite) Anyolite (metamorphic rock - zoisite, ruby, and hornblende) Aquamarine (light blue variety of

Matamec River (1,271 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

deposits in the coastal plain. The bedrock is in the Grenville Province. Metamorphic rock is gneiss, granitic gneiss and paragneiss Igneous rock is anorthosite

Pacific Coast Ranges (1,775 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from the San Bernardino Mountains, composed of a mix of Precambrian metamorphic rock and Cenozoic sedimentary rock. However, both are considered part of

Faugères AOC (881 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Faugères AOC soil is mainly composed of schist. This schist is metamorphic rock, the result of excessive pressure on clay deposits during the Paleozoic

Stones of India (1,638 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

'Jabalpur range' contains white dolomitic marble. Dolomitic marble is a metamorphic rock that forms when dolomite is subjected to high temperatures and pressures

Casque du Marboré (317 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to its particular shape. The word marboré means marble, which is a metamorphic rock found in the area. Together with Tour du Marboré, the Cascade Peaks

Saint John Capisterre Parish (899 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

features, Black Rocks. Stretching for almost 2 miles, these large metamorphic rock projections are the result of St. Kitts' last volcanic eruption (estimated

Javořice (234 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

into mountain chains and composed of crystalline slates and gneiss (a metamorphic rock with foliations), mica schicht and quartzite. The summit is a round

Folk classification (1,411 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to identify the relative abundances volcanic rock fragments (VRFs), metamorphic rock fragments (MRFs) and sedimentary rock fragments (SRFs). If the relative

Mount Pinos (1,316 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

nearby San Emigdio Mountains, which is primarily made of Precambrian metamorphic rock or Cenozoic sedimentary rock. Mount Pinos is therefore considered a

Crystal Dam (641 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

dam is deep within the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in pre-Cambrian metamorphic rock. Crystal Dam was the last of the three dams in the Aspinall Unit of

Bryn Celli Ddu (1,887 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Free-standing inside the burial chamber is a smooth pillar of blueschist, a metamorphic rock, some 2 m (6.6 ft) high, with a very rounded shape. Beyond the back

Central Plains orogeny (235 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

least 500 kilometers (310 mi) in width. It consists of granitic and metamorphic rock ranging in age from 1,630 to 1,800 million years in age, and is regarded

Meizhou (1,330 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

geological structure was formed mainly from granite, spouting rocks, metamorphic rock, shale, sandstone, red rock and limestone. Its administrative area

My Dad the Rock Star (2,276 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

college, Cere Bellum University, but someone has it in for Rock. 23. Metamorphic Rock (May 24, 2004 (2004-05-24)) Willy, Q, and Alyssa are assigned a group

NEARfest (1,623 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

(CD+DVD) NEARfest 2010 Forgas Band Phenomena, "Acte V" (CD+DVD) Moraine, "Metamorphic Rock" (CD) NEARfest Apocalypse (2012) Il Tempio delle Clessidre, "Live in

Alvão Natural Park (1,395 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Galiza-Trás-os-Montes subregion, a geomorphological unit of igneous and metamorphic rock formed by Hercynotype movements orienting the first groups along a

Weminuche Wilderness (1,797 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

western third of the wilderness. Pushed up were Proterozoic igneous and metamorphic rock and overlying, younger Paleozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary rock, as

Black Rock Mountain State Park (1,241 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rock outcrops found throughout the park are made of biotite gneiss, a metamorphic rock that underlies a large portion of the Georgia Blue Ridge. Black Rock

Yanzhou, Jining (1,553 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

It is the Fushan fault. Yanzhou is part of it. The basement is the metamorphic rock series of the Mount Tai Group. The Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic

Aqushela (331 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

reservoir is 13.5 km² large. The lithology of the catchment is Precambrian metamorphic rock. Land use is strongly dependent on lithology: soils on metamorphic

Santa Catalina Island (California) (8,996 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

The geological makeup of Catalina Island is primarily igneous and metamorphic rock. The island is composed of a variety of rock types, including basalt

Dimbulah, Queensland (2,175 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Cobra. These soils are mostly colluvial soils derived from weathered metamorphic rock as well as older alluvium derived from granitic rock.[citation needed]

Sgùrr nan Each (803 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Firth via the rivers Grudie and Conon. The mountain is made up of the metamorphic rock schist with infusions of mica and quartz. The mountain lies within

Ortega Formation (867 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in which the individual sand grains have eroded out of igneous or metamorphic rock rather than been recycled from older sedimentary rock. Their remarkable

A Brief History of Ambient (67 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Artist Length 1. "Flowered Knife Shadows" Harold Budd 7:05 2. "Thru Metamorphic Rock" Tangerine Dream 9:46 3. "Evening Star" Robert Fripp & Brian Eno 7:31

Vidarbha (2,370 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Deccan Traps. Bhandara and Gondia district are entirely occupied by metamorphic rock and alluvium, making their geology unique in Maharashtra. The Poorna

Transverse Ranges (3,119 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

volcanic rocks in the Santa Monica Mountains to primarily granitic and metamorphic rock in the central and eastern segments, including the San Gabriel and

Canyon Sainte-Anne (825 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

years ago) when hard rock formed the canyon's underlying rock. This metamorphic rock, called granitic gneiss, was formed at high pressure in the extremely

Lake Van (3,351 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

portion of Eastern Anatolia. The lake's southern margin demarcates: a metamorphic rock zone of the Bitlis Massif and volcanic strata of the Neogene and Quaternary

Outline of plate tectonics (4,361 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

broke off the supercontinent Gondwana Gascoyne Complex – Granite and metamorphic rock in Western Australia Great Lakes tectonic zone Great Valley Sequence –

Acasta Gneiss (1,735 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Metamorphic rock unit in Canada

Aluminum cycle (1,641 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

A metamorphic rock called emery that is mostly made of corundum which is an aluminum oxide. This is an example of an aluminum deposit.

Double Butte (323 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the San Jacinto Valley. The eastern ridge is composed primarily of metamorphic rock of the Triassic - Jurassic French Valley formation. The remainder of

Green River (North Carolina) (1,118 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

river basin itself is not mainly sediment, but rather consists of metamorphic rock. The humid subtropical climate provides for moderate temperatures and

Oceanic trench (5,149 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

normal faulting. The slope is underlain by relative strong igneous and metamorphic rock, which maintains a high angle of repose. Over half of all convergent

Turquoise (6,027 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mines near Bisbee, Arizona, with a deep blue color Lapis lazuli – Metamorphic rock containing lazurite, prized for its intense blue color, with a deep

Geothermal energy (5,403 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

for several reasons: Geothermal reservoirs are usually in igneous or metamorphic rock, which is harder to penetrate than the sedimentary rock of typical

Glacial erratic boulders of Island County, Washington (541 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(Holmes Harbor erratic) Klootchman Rock (also spelled Kloochman) is metamorphic rock boulder with white veins. The 35-foot (11 m) tall boulder topped with

Raymond MacDonald (2,227 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Nicholson & Raymond MacDonald". Iorram Records. Retrieved 27 March 2021. "Metamorphic Rock, by Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra & George Lewis". Iorram Records.

Kadingilan (1,712 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and portion of Pay-as. The municipality has volcanic sedimentary and metamorphic rock origin. One identified rock type is limestone (cord/line limestone

Eclogitization (1,467 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The tectonic process in which the dense, high-pressure, metamorphic rock, eclogite, is formed

Ubehebe Peak (364 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Copper oxide and iron oxide have also been found within the contact-metamorphic rock of the region. Although the region was surveyed and briefly developed

South China Craton (7,502 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

than the granitic intrusion. The Pressure-Temperature curve of the metamorphic rock shows a clockwise curve. This indicates crustal thickening. This model

Barbaggio (3,089 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

proper names A Gabbro that has undergone Metamorphism Fine-grained Metamorphic rock consisting of Quartz, alkaline feldspar, sometimes garnet but little

Marajoara culture (2,984 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

lithics, because the island has no local source of suitable igneous or metamorphic rock (Roosevelt 1991: 9, 348; Meggers 1957: 371). None of the lithic artifacts

Grant County, Oregon (3,952 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the permanent settlement of the area. Large zones of serpentine, a metamorphic rock, dating from the Triassic period, are found in numerous locations.

Caithness (5,514 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and plant remains are found between the layers of sediment. Older metamorphic rock is apparent in the Scaraben and Ord area, in the relatively high southwest

Poquessing Creek (1,207 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

region of the Wissahickon Formation, from the Paleozoic, a schist, a metamorphic rock containing garnet, staurolite, kyanite, and sillimanite. Varieties

Black Chasm Cave (1,235 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to be part of the Calaveras Complex. The crystal structure of the metamorphic rock has changed over time, and it is now properly referred to as marble

Mount Selinda (1,607 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the end of 2016. Phyllitic mudstones (phyllite being a fine-grained metamorphic rock) and fine-grained to medium-grained feldspathic sandstones lie atop

Carmel River (California) (2,624 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

steadily filling with sediment, as the pervasively fractured granitic and metamorphic rock underlying the Carmel River watershed are easily eroded. Sediment loads

Moss Island (799 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

iron-magnesium silicate). The prefix "meta-" indicates that metasyenite is a metamorphic rock. After forming as an igneous rock, the syenite was subject to massive

Bagamanoc (2,232 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

found along the coastal river bank areas and Cretaceous Paleocene (metamorphic rock) and Pliocene Pleistocene (conglomerate formation) are found at Late

Suchý vrch (455 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mountain chains and composed of crystalline slates and schicht gneiss (a metamorphic rock with foliations), mica schicht and quartzite. Rocks in the syntectonic

Truttman Sink (836 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

oceanic basalt, greenstone, chert, serpentinite, limestone, and several metamorphic rock types (blueschist, amphibolite, and eclogite). Franciscan rock is considered

George E. Lewis (4,243 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Mash (Innova) 2009: Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra & George Lewis – Metamorphic Rock (Iorram) 2014: George Lewis / Wadada Leo Smith / John Zorn – Sonic

Raccoon Branch Wilderness (938 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Province, the area is composed of uplifted mountain ranges of igneous and metamorphic rock. The wilderness is rugged, with elevations ranging from about 2,580

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (3,731 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rate of 1 inch (25 mm) every 100 years. The extreme hardness of the metamorphic rock along with the relative quickness with which the river carved through

Icicle Ridge (724 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Peshastin advance. Icicle Ridge is one of the moraine formations of metamorphic rock belonging to the Chiwaukum Schist. The ridge is made of many large

Skardu (5,181 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

years. Numerous complex granitic pegmatites and a few alpine-cleft metamorphic rock deposits are found in the Shigar Valley and its tributaries. Shigar

Feathercamp (1,052 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

there are tectonic uplifted mountain ranges composed of igneous and metamorphic rock with many high gradient, deeply incised streams. Feathercamp Ridge

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Archipelago 2001: Road Movies With Moraine 2009: Manifest Density 2011: Metamorphic Rock 2014: Groundswell With Savant 1983: The Neo-Realist (At Risk) 2016:

Wrekin Terrane (1,165 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

diachronous formations of the bedded Uriconian and Coomb Volcanic Formation. Metamorphic rock is thought to underlie the Wrekin Terrane and is inferred from the

Western United States (8,902 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras. The Rocky Mountains expose igneous and metamorphic rock both from the Precambrian and from the Phanerozoic eon. The Inter-mountain

Diamond (14,961 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Another common source that does keep diamonds intact is eclogite, a metamorphic rock that typically forms from basalt as an oceanic plate plunges into the

Geology of Saskatchewan (3,639 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

A metamorphic rock showing Gneissic layering. Alternate layers of minerals. Metamorphism where minerals are stretched, mashed and re-arranged in foliated

Marjorie Hooker (868 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1866 to 1968 that prioritized the chemical analysis of igneous and metamorphic rock in the Puerto Rican region. Due to this work 90% of the published igneous

Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park (1,811 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Cortegada, meanwhile, presents a composition that is predominantly of metamorphic rock shale and paragneiss, with migmatic granite. Although located in a

Mlambalasi Rock Shelter (2,673 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

material available locally. Less frequently used were chert, granite, and metamorphic rock. 4% of the lithic assemblage was formal tools (backed pieces, scrapers

Geography of Massachusetts (5,694 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

acidic, and not very fertile. Part of the state is uplands of resistant metamorphic rock that were scraped by Pleistocene glaciers that deposited moraines and

False Bay (17,470 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the granite reefs at Roman Rock in Simon's Bay, hard sedimentary or metamorphic rock at York shoal and hard sandstone at East shoal, and several isolated