Gneiss (/naɪs/ nice) is a common and widely distributed type of metamorphic rock. It is formed by high-temperature and high-pressure metamorphic processes...
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The Acasta Gneiss Complex, also called the Acasta Gneiss, is a body of felsic to ultramafic Archean basement rocks, gneisses, that form the northwestern...
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Gneiss is a common and widely distributed type of metamorphic rock Gneiss may also refer to: Gneiss Hills and Gneiss Lake, in Antarctica Gneiss Point...
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Gneiss-2 was the first Soviet produced airborne radar system. It was introduced in 1942, and was installed on Petlyakov Pe-2, Petlyakov Pe-3 and Douglas...
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Peninsular Gneiss or Peninsular Gniessic Complex are the gneissic complex of the metamorphics found all over the Indian Peninsula, on top of which, the...
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Gneiss Point (77°24′S 163°45′E / 77.400°S 163.750°E / -77.400; 163.750) is a rocky point 2 nautical miles (4 km) north of Marble Point, on the coast...
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Lewisian complex (redirect from Lewisian gneiss)
The Lewisian complex or Lewisian gneiss is a suite of Precambrian metamorphic rocks that outcrop in the northwestern part of Scotland, forming part of...
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Knot Gneiss is a fantasy novel by British-American writer Piers Anthony, the 34th book of the Xanth series. This is about Jumper's friend Wenda Woodwife...
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The Gneiss and Granite Plateau (German: Granit- und Gneisplateau, also called the Granite and Gneiss Highland (Granit- und Gneishochland), is one of the...
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Morton gneiss, also known as rainbow gneiss, is an Archean-age gneiss found in the Minnesota River Valley of southwestern Minnesota, United States. It...
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Earth was dated to 4.031 ±0.003 billion years, and is part of the Acasta Gneiss of the Slave craton in northwestern Canada. Researchers at McGill University...
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The Port Deposit Gneiss is a Paleozoic gneiss formation in Cecil County, Maryland. It is described as a "Moderately to strongly deformed intrusive complex...
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layered gneiss member, the augen gneiss member, the streaked-augen gneiss member, and the hornblende gneiss member. Additionally, the Baltimore Gneiss outcrops...
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Isua Greenstone Belt (redirect from Istaq Gneiss Complex)
capital region. It forms the largest supracrustal enclave in the Itsaq Gneiss Complex, which predominantly comprises 3850 - 3600 million year old (Ma)...
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textures in these rocks can either be schistose or gneissic. They transition into the mica gneiss and schist units. Major minerals in both include mica...
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The Bronx (redirect from Fordham gneiss)
bedrock in the Bronx is Fordham gneiss, while that of Manhattan is schist has led to the expression: "The Bronx is gneiss (nice) but Manhattan is schist...
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The Gneiss Hills (60°44′S 45°39′W / 60.733°S 45.650°W / -60.733; -45.650) are two prominent hills, 270 and 260 metres (890 and 850 ft) high, at the...
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The Western Gneiss Region (Norwegian: Gneisregionen) is a large geological unit in Norway chiefly made of gneiss rock that formed through metamorphism...
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consist of metamorphic rocks, known as the K2 Gneiss and part of the Karakoram Metamorphic Complex. The K2 Gneiss consists of a mixture of orthogneiss and...
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The Narryer Gneiss Terrane is a geological complex in Western Australia that is composed of a tectonically interleaved and polydeformed mixture of granite...
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The Cibola gneiss is a pluton in central New Mexico. It has a radiometric age of 1653±16 Ma, corresponding to the Statherian period. The unit was first...
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Yilgarn Craton (section Western Gneiss Terrane)
2.8 billion year old (~2.8 Ga) granite-gneiss metamorphic terrain (the Southwestern Province and Western Gneiss Belt), and three granite-greenstone terrains...
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minerals such as micas. A gneiss has visible bands of differing lightness, with a common example being the granite gneiss. Other varieties of foliated...
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the gneiss showed the development of garnet replacing the dark biotite. The study indicated localized melting or migmatization within the gneiss. This...
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Geology of Guernsey (redirect from Icart Gneiss)
southern part if the island is largely composed of Icart Gneiss. The Icart Gneiss is an augen gneiss of granitic composition containing potassium feldspar...
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schist and gneiss. The slatey cleavage typical of slate is due to the preferred orientation of microscopic phyllosilicate crystals. In gneiss, the foliation...
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These two supergroups rest over the Archean Bhilwara Gneissic Complex basement, which is a gneissic (high-grade metamorphism of sedimentary or igneous rocks)...
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while the Lithonia gneiss is a form of metamorphic rock. The Stone Mountain granite is younger than, and has intruded the Lithonia gneiss. The area has a...
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a metamorphosed sandstone conglomerate in the Jack Hills of the Narryer Gneiss Terrane of Western Australia, date to 4.404 ± 0.008 Ga. This zircon is a...
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The San Miguel gneiss is a Paleoproterozoic pluton in the Nacimiento Mountains of New Mexico. It has a radiometric age of 1.695 billion years, corresponding...
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