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...
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Elfin (Elven) facies is the form of facies in which the patient has facial characteristics like those traditionally associated with elves. It is characterized...
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The Hippocratic facies (Latin: facies Hippocratica) is the change produced in the face recognisable as a medical sign known as facies and prognostic of...
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"face". As a fifth declension noun, facies can be both singular and plural. Examples include: Hippocratic facies – eyes are sunken, temples collapsed...
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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...
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Amphibolite (redirect from Amphibolite Facies)
Amphibolite facies is usually a product of Barrovian Facies Sequence or advanced Abukuma Facies Sequence metamorphic trajectories. Amphibolite facies is a result...
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Facies anterior or anterior surface may refer to: Anterior surface of pancreas (facies anterior corporis pancreatis) Anterior surface of the body of maxilla...
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Amanz Gressly in 1838. Analogous with these sedimentary facies a number of metamorphic facies were proposed in 1920 by Finnish petrologist Pentti Eskola...
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Metamorphic rock (section Metamorphic facies)
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...
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Heart (redirect from Facies diaphragmatica cordis)
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...
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Hornfels (redirect from Hornfels Facies)
magmatic body (metasomatism) sometimes take place. The hornfels facies is the metamorphic facies which occupies the lowest pressure portion of the metamorphic...
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Moon face (redirect from Cushingoid facies)
(especially corticosteroids), which has led to it being known as Cushingoid facies. Moon face is a type of corticosteroid-induced lipodystrophy along with...
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Blueschist (redirect from Glaucophane Schist Facies)
New Caledonia. Continued subduction of blueschist facies oceanic crust will produce eclogite facies assemblages in metamorphosed basalt (garnet + omphacitic...
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Granulite (redirect from Granulite Facies)
Granulites are a class of high-grade metamorphic rocks of the granulite facies that have experienced high-temperature and moderate-pressure metamorphism...
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Hypomimia (redirect from Masked facies)
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...
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Greenschist (redirect from Greenschist Facies)
trajectories, greenschist facies gives rise to amphibolite facies assemblages, dominated by amphibole and eventually to granulite facies. Lower pressure, normally...
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Subduction zone metamorphism (redirect from Metamorphic Facies of Subduction Zones)
prehnite-pumpellyite, blueschist, and eclogite facies stability zones of subducted oceanic crust. Zeolite and prehnite-pumpellyite facies assemblages may or may not be...
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facies in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Facies is a body of rock with specified characteristics. Facies may also refer to: Facies (medical) Facies...
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Zeolite facies describes the mineral assemblage resulting from the pressure and temperature conditions of low-grade metamorphism. The zeolite facies is generally...
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Facies diaphragmatica or diaphragmatic surface can refer to: Diaphragmatic surface of heart (facies diaphragmatica cordis) Diaphragmatic surface of lung...
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Trenton Group (redirect from Dolgeville Facies)
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...
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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...
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Sedimentary rock (section Sedimentary facies)
coral are thus typical for shallow marine facies. Facies determined by lithology are called lithofacies; facies determined by fossils are biofacies. Sedimentary...
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Acromegaly (redirect from Facies acromegalica)
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...
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Coarse facial features (redirect from Coarse facies)
coarse facies - mental retardation Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia (genevieve type) Sulfatidosis juvenile (Austin type) Winchester syndrome Facies (medical)...
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Metamorphism (section Metamorphic facies)
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...
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The prehnite-pumpellyite facies is a metamorphic facies typical of subseafloor alteration of the oceanic crust around mid-ocean ridge spreading centres...
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Eclogite (redirect from Eclogite Facies)
oxygen isotope composition, driving them back towards the mantle range. This facies reflects metamorphism at high pressure (at or over 12kbar) and moderately...
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Malacostraca (redirect from Caridoid facies)
Malacostraca is the second largest of the six classes of pancrustaceans behind insects, containing about 40,000 living species, divided among 16 orders...
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Mitral facies is a distinctive facial appearance associated with mitral stenosis. Someone with mitral stenosis may present with rosy cheeks, whilst the...
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