Walther's law of facies, or simply Walther's law, named after the geologist Johannes Walther, states that the vertical succession of facies reflects lateral...

Elfin (Elven) facies is the form of facies in which the patient has facial characteristics like those traditionally associated with elves. It is characterized...

The Hippocratic facies (Latin: facies Hippocratica) is the change produced in the face recognisable as a medical sign known as facies and prognostic of...

"face". As a fifth declension noun, facies can be both singular and plural. Examples include: Hippocratic facies – eyes are sunken, temples collapsed...

Leonine facies is a facies that resembles that of a lion. It is seen in multiple conditions and has been classically described for lepromatous leprosy...

Amphibolite facies is usually a product of Barrovian Facies Sequence or advanced Abukuma Facies Sequence metamorphic trajectories. Amphibolite facies is a result...

Facies anterior or anterior surface may refer to: Anterior surface of pancreas (facies anterior corporis pancreatis) Anterior surface of the body of maxilla...

Amanz Gressly in 1838. Analogous with these sedimentary facies a number of metamorphic facies were proposed in 1920 by Finnish petrologist Pentti Eskola...

example) the amphibolite facies of a marble will not be identical with the amphibolite facies of a pelite. However, the facies are defined such that metamorphic...

The heart is a muscular organ found in most animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels. Heart and blood vessels together make the circulatory...

magmatic body (metasomatism) sometimes take place. The hornfels facies is the metamorphic facies which occupies the lowest pressure portion of the metamorphic...

(especially corticosteroids), which has led to it being known as Cushingoid facies. Moon face is a type of corticosteroid-induced lipodystrophy along with...

New Caledonia. Continued subduction of blueschist facies oceanic crust will produce eclogite facies assemblages in metamorphosed basalt (garnet + omphacitic...

Granulites are a class of high-grade metamorphic rocks of the granulite facies that have experienced high-temperature and moderate-pressure metamorphism...

Hypomimia (masked faces, masking of faces, mask-like facial expression), a medical sign, is a reduced degree of facial expression. It can be caused by...

trajectories, greenschist facies gives rise to amphibolite facies assemblages, dominated by amphibole and eventually to granulite facies. Lower pressure, normally...

prehnite-pumpellyite, blueschist, and eclogite facies stability zones of subducted oceanic crust. Zeolite and prehnite-pumpellyite facies assemblages may or may not be...

facies in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Facies is a body of rock with specified characteristics. Facies may also refer to: Facies (medical) Facies...

Zeolite facies describes the mineral assemblage resulting from the pressure and temperature conditions of low-grade metamorphism. The zeolite facies is generally...

Facies diaphragmatica or diaphragmatic surface can refer to: Diaphragmatic surface of heart (facies diaphragmatica cordis) Diaphragmatic surface of lung...

The Trenton Group is a geologic unit in Canada and Michigan, Ohio, New York State and Indiana, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia in the United States. It...

Cholestasis facies are a type of facies considered a symptom of Alagille syndrome. However it appears not to be specific but "a general feature of congenital...

coral are thus typical for shallow marine facies. Facies determined by lithology are called lithofacies; facies determined by fossils are biofacies. Sedimentary...

Acromegaly is a disorder that results in excess growth of certain parts of the human body. It is caused by excess growth hormone (GH) after the growth...

coarse facies - mental retardation Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia (genevieve type) Sulfatidosis juvenile (Austin type) Winchester syndrome Facies (medical)...

example) the amphibolite facies of a marble will not be identical with the amphibolite facies of a pellite. However, the facies are defined such that metamorphic...

The prehnite-pumpellyite facies is a metamorphic facies typical of subseafloor alteration of the oceanic crust around mid-ocean ridge spreading centres...

oxygen isotope composition, driving them back towards the mantle range. This facies reflects metamorphism at high pressure (at or over 12kbar) and moderately...

Malacostraca is the second largest of the six classes of pancrustaceans behind insects, containing about 40,000 living species, divided among 16 orders...

Mitral facies is a distinctive facial appearance associated with mitral stenosis. Someone with mitral stenosis may present with rosy cheeks, whilst the...