Metamorphic rock

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131Metamorphic petrology / Igneous rocks / Volcanology / Granulite / Pyroxene / Xenolith / Ilmenite / Pyroxenite / Metamorphic rock / Petrology / Geology / Igneous petrology

A year in the life of an aluminous metapelite xenolith—The role of heating rates, reaction overstep, H2O retention and melt loss

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Language: English - Date: 2014-03-24 11:03:41
132Building materials / Stone / Sandstone / Metamorphic rock / Rock cycle / Limestone / Granite / Petrology / Sedimentary rocks / Geology

Learning about rocks Natural or manufactured A P 15 min Students are given a range of materials such as rocks, soil, tap water, table salt, crude oil, sand, pebbles, gravel, roofing slate, concrete, brick, steel nail, ch

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Language: English - Date: 2013-08-18 13:18:30
133Metamorphic rocks / Igneous rocks / Building materials / Clastic rock / Granite / Basalt / Porosity / Sandstone / Sedimentary rock / Petrology / Geology / Stone

THE STRENGTH OF ROCKS 1 Purpose The purpose of Activity I is to measure the relative strengths of rocks by dropping a marble onto them whereas the purpose of Activity II is to investigate which of the following factors d

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Language: English - Date: 2013-08-18 13:17:06
134Igneous petrology / Granite / Metamorphic petrology / Granitoid / Pluton / Orogeny / Economic geology / Metamorphic rock / Kaapvaal craton / Geology / Petrology / Cratons

coal measures in southern Victoria Land. Sediments in the Triassic of southern Victoria Land, the central Transantarctic Mountains, and northern Victoria Land are in part volcaniclastic. This research was supported by Na

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Language: English - Date: 2011-05-06 05:35:57
135Metamorphic rocks / Igneous petrology / Fossils / Sedimentology / Granulite / Diatom / Lamprophyre / Clastic rock / Sedimentary rock / Petrology / Geology / Metamorphic petrology

The well-defined peaks between 22.5 and 31 degrees twotheta in the figure can be attributed to sanidine and amphibole whereas the less intense, poorly defined peaks have been matched with anorthite. The presence of sanid

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Language: English - Date: 2011-05-06 07:06:17
136Webers Peaks / Metamorphism / Heritage Range / Ellsworth / Metamorphic rock / Marble Hills / Geography of Antarctica / Ellsworth Mountains / West Antarctica

Figure 2. Photomicrograph of glass shards (arrows) in vitric tufi from Mount Weems. Shards are replaced by calcite. Shard in cen ter of photomicrograph is 0.24 millimeters long. Plain light. in the lower part of the form

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Language: English - Date: 2011-05-06 06:06:01
137Lineation / Tectonite / Mylonite / Foliation / Fabric / Metamorphic rock / Cleavage / Dike / Rock microstructure / Geology / Structural geology / Shear

opment of basal hyaloclastite. Hyaloclastite is also present at the top of two flows, possibly due to rafting. Data on cooling directions, based on "blind tips" on fracture surfaces (DeGraff, Long, and Aydin 1989), sugge

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Language: English - Date: 2011-05-06 20:43:04
138Silicate minerals / Metamorphic rocks / Tectosilicates / Igneous rocks / Amphibolite / Tremolite / Scapolite / Granite / Feldspar / Petrology / Crystallography / Metamorphic petrology

each site. The return of these materials, along with rock cores drilled from outcrops and boulders, and their laboratory analysis, constitute the principal activity of this project. Exposures will range from 1 year to as

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Language: English - Date: 2011-05-06 04:01:02
139Sedimentary rocks / Crystallography / Sandstone / Stone / Metamorphic rock / Quartz / Metamorphism / Lithic fragment / Geology / Petrology / Metamorphic petrology

mented by atomic absorption spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy in the case of ambiguous or questionable X-ray data were used to identify the minerals present. Since supergene minerals rarely develop in the fri

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Language: English - Date: 2011-05-06 06:05:06
140Plate tectonics / New Madrid Seismic Zone / Fossil / Sedimentary rock / Fault / Metamorphic rock / Quake / Structure of the Earth / Geology / Seismology / Earthquake

BIRTH OF THE EARTH Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, World Geography, Earth and Space Science Academic Standards: Social Studies: 4.3.5, WG.3.4, WG.3.5 Science: 3.2.2, 3.2.4, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 5.2.1, 6.2.3, 7.2.1, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.5,

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Language: English - Date: 2015-01-26 14:59:19
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