• Thumbnail for Texture (geology)
    In geology, texture or rock microstructure refers to the relationship between the materials of which a rock is composed. The broadest textural classes...
    18 KB (2,300 words) - 22:34, 5 October 2024
  • orientations in a polycrystalline material Texture (geology), a physical appearance or character of a rock Texture mapping, a bitmap image applied to a surface...
    1 KB (226 words) - 22:12, 20 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vesicular texture
    as diamonds. Rock types that display a vesicular texture include pumice and scoria. Glossary of geology See "Elmhurst College Powerpoint via google viewer"...
    2 KB (234 words) - 13:20, 20 October 2023
  • texture is a classification instrument used both in the field and laboratory to determine soil classes based on their physical texture. Soil texture can...
    23 KB (3,046 words) - 06:58, 19 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shear (geology)
    In geology, shear is the response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress and forms particular textures. Shear can be homogeneous or non-homogeneous...
    9 KB (1,076 words) - 13:58, 30 September 2022
  • Thumbnail for Loam
    a high content of organic matter. However, a soil that meets the textural (geological) definition of loam can lose its characteristic desirable qualities...
    6 KB (692 words) - 23:13, 10 May 2024
  • volcaniclastic rocks List of rock textures – List of rock textural and morphological terms "Eutaxitic texture | geology | Britannica". www.britannica.com...
    736 bytes (80 words) - 23:50, 20 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Stratum
    Stratum (redirect from Strata (geology))
    In geology and related fields, a stratum (pl.: strata) is a layer of rock or sediment characterized by certain lithologic properties or attributes that...
    7 KB (702 words) - 15:59, 14 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Texture (chemistry)
    properties, i.e. the processing-microstructure-texture-property relationship. Also, geologic rocks show texture due to their thermo-mechanic history of formation...
    20 KB (2,388 words) - 10:33, 21 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Extrusive rock
    vesicular texture that differs from scoria in its silicic composition and therefore floats. Intrusive suite Seamount "Extrusive rock - geology". Retrieved...
    6 KB (575 words) - 21:35, 11 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fabric (geology)
    Tectonophysics. 156 (1–2): 1–20. Bibcode:1988Tectp.156....1B. doi:10.1016/0040-1951(88)90279-X. Rock microstructure Texture (geology) Orientation tensor...
    4 KB (414 words) - 16:50, 6 November 2021
  • Thumbnail for Quartzite
    granoblastic texture, and they also show signs of metamorphic annealing, in which the grains become coarser and acquire a more polygonal texture. The grains...
    21 KB (2,261 words) - 22:15, 23 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rock (geology)
    In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter. It is categorized by the minerals included...
    31 KB (3,305 words) - 14:30, 27 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Petrology
    Petrology (category Petroleum geology)
    -λογία (-logía) 'study of') is the branch of geology that studies rocks, their mineralogy, composition, texture, structure and the conditions under which...
    8 KB (811 words) - 22:35, 1 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Geology
    Geology (from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) 'earth' and λoγία (-logía) 'study of, discourse') is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other...
    87 KB (9,699 words) - 04:25, 22 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Metamorphic rock
    asbestos that pose a hazard to human health. Geology portal Blueschist List of rock types List of rock textures Metavolcanic rock Neomorphism Subduction zone...
    37 KB (4,414 words) - 16:57, 14 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fault (geology)
    In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass...
    33 KB (3,698 words) - 22:45, 21 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Igneous rock
    classification. Igneous rocks are classified according to mode of occurrence, texture, mineralogy, chemical composition, and the geometry of the igneous body...
    48 KB (5,656 words) - 13:54, 7 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lithology
    Lithology (section Texture)
    low magnification microscopy. Physical characteristics include colour, texture, grain size, and composition. Lithology may refer to either a detailed...
    18 KB (1,885 words) - 20:05, 23 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gneiss
    rock. The British Geological Survey (BGS) and the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) both use gneiss as a broad textural category for medium-...
    19 KB (2,016 words) - 14:52, 13 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Marble
    Marble (section Geology)
    pressure. It has a crystalline texture, and is typically not foliated (layered), although there are exceptions. In geology, the term marble refers to metamorphosed...
    36 KB (3,151 words) - 01:01, 22 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sandstone
    recrystallization produces foam texture, characterized by polygonal grains meeting at triple junctions, and then porphyroblastic texture, characterized by coarse...
    35 KB (3,935 words) - 07:51, 16 November 2024
  • Symplectite Tuffaceous Trachytic texture Vesicular texture Variolitic Vitreous Vuggy Geology portal Crystallography Fracture (geology) Fracture (mineralogy) List...
    4 KB (241 words) - 01:05, 8 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Foliation (geology)
    Cleavage (geology) Discontinuity (geotechnical engineering) Exfoliating granite Fissility (geology) Fold (geology) List of rock textures List of rock...
    9 KB (1,098 words) - 19:12, 19 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Igneous textures
    Igneous textures include the rock textures occurring in igneous rocks. Igneous textures are used by geologists in determining the mode of origin of igneous...
    3 KB (419 words) - 09:41, 23 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Sediment
    Sediment (redirect from Sediment (geology))
    to poorly rounded grains with sharp corners and edges. Finally, surface texture describes small-scale features such as scratches, pits, or ridges on the...
    22 KB (2,833 words) - 06:17, 10 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sedimentary rock
    (conglomerates and breccias), composition (sandstones), or grain size or texture (mudrocks). Conglomerates are dominantly composed of rounded gravel, while...
    63 KB (7,683 words) - 08:39, 25 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Schist
    such a way that the rock is easily split into thin flakes or plates. This texture reflects a high content of platy minerals, such as mica, talc, chlorite...
    17 KB (1,847 words) - 12:59, 24 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Geology of the Canary Islands
    The geology of the Canary Islands is dominated by volcanoes and volcanic rock. The Canary Islands are a group of volcanic islands in the North Atlantic...
    139 KB (18,970 words) - 21:38, 21 December 2024
  • alteration zones at their margins. The serpentinite varies widely in color, texture, and structure. In color, it exhibits various shades of green, ranging...
    9 KB (917 words) - 01:41, 16 August 2023