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    Migmatite is a composite rock found in medium and high-grade metamorphic environments, commonly within Precambrian cratonic blocks. It consists of two...
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    Gneiss (section Migmatite)
    deforms around the more resistant feldspar grains to produce this texture. Migmatite is a gneiss consisting of two or more distinct rock types, one of which...
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    calcium and iron in granulite residues. This may be the origin of migmatites. A migmatite consists of dark, refractory rock (the melanosome) that is permeated...
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  • devitrified Dendritic texture; dendrites Diatextite; see also schlieren and migmatite Embayed minerals; see igneous texture Equigranular Euhedral Eutaxitic...
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    of the basement are gneiss (ortho- and paragneisses, in the south also migmatites and diatexites, for example on the Schauinsland and Kandel). These gneisses...
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    the Sudetes and are among the oldest in Europe. Other deposits include migmatite rocks, to a lesser extent also amphibolite, serpentinite, granulite, and...
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    micas, or amphiboles may form along a linear pattern resembling gneiss or migmatite banding. Granulites form at crustal depths, typically during regional...
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    geologists Metamorphic rock – Rock that was subjected to heat and pressure Migmatite – Mixture of metamorphic rock and igneous rock Petrology – Branch of geology...
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    Migmatite geology at Maigetter Peak...
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  • that anatexis is the process largely responsible for the formation of migmatites. Furthermore, scientists have recently discovered that partial melting...
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    products are high to ultrahigh temperature granulites and their associated migmatite and granites in collisional orogens, with possible emplacement of metamorphic...
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  • gneiss Marble – Type of metamorphic rock – a metamorphosed limestone Migmatite – Mixture of metamorphic rock and igneous rock Mylonite – Metamorphic...
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    chemical reaction between intrusion and country rock, and often have broad migmatite zones. Foliations in the intrusion and the surrounding country rock are...
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    Field Group, The University. OCLC 38532. Sederholm, J. J. (1934). On Migmatites and Associated Pre-Cambrian Rocks of Southwestern Finland, Part III: The...
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  • most dominant rock unit in the area and includes granites, gneisses and migmatites, while the soils of Bangalore consist of red laterite and red, fine loamy...
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    of the Nigerian Province are split up by thrust and shear zones. The Migmatite-Gneiss Complex covers half of Nigeria's surface area and encompasses Archean...
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    the carbon cycle as a part of the overall rock cycle. Geology portal Migmatite – Mixture of metamorphic rock and igneous rock "The Rock Cycle". National...
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  • mapped as intricately intermixed amphibolite and quartz diorite; or as a migmatite, occurs in contact with the Arkose Ridge formation on Government Peak...
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    the Costa Brava in the winter (Costa Brava means "wild coast"), so the migmatites and schists are battered and eroded by the Tramuntana wind which whips...
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    June 1934) was a Finnish petrologist most associated with his studies of migmatites. Troubled by illness throughout his life, Sederholm originally chose to...
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  • the formation of all igneous rocks and some metamorphic rocks (e.g., migmatites), as evidenced by a multitude of geochemical, geophysical and petrological...
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    intense heat, weight and stress to create unusual swirled patterns known as migmatite, appearing to have been nearly melted in the procedure. Volcanism began...
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    between the Quetico and Wawa subprovinces has a zone of biotite-rich migmatite, a rock that has characteristics of both igneous and metamorphic processes;: 1 ...
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    crystallized from a primary magma. The interpretation of leucosomes of migmatites as primary magmas is contradicted by zircon data, which suggests leucosomes...
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    include amphibolite, greenschist, phyllite, marble, serpentinite, eclogite, migmatite, skarn, granulite, mylonite, and slate. The basic classification can be...
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    Granulite Greenschist Hornfels Calcflinta Itabirite Litchfieldite Marble Migmatite Mylonite Metapelite Metapsammite Phyllite Pseudotachylite Quartzite Schist...
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    of the Satakunta region. Tampere's bedrock consists of mica schist and migmatite, and its building stone deposits are diverse: in addition to the traditional...
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    ; Inglis, J. D. (2012). "Separating metamorphic events in the Fosdick migmatite-granite complex, West Antarctica: POLYMETAMORPHISM IN THE FOSDICK MOUNTAINS"...
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    crystalline rocks and are made up of granite, granodiorite, granito-gneiss, migmatite etc. Soils in the Sharavati basin are mainly lateritic in origin and tend...
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  • respiratory effects on local residents. The area primarily has granite and the Migmatite-gneiss in the soil. Igibah, E.C.; Agashua, L. O.; Sadiq, A. A. (December...
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