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Gneiss (/naɪs/ nice) is a
common and
widely distributed type of
metamorphic rock. It is
formed by high-temperature and high-pressure
metamorphic processes...
- The
Acasta Gneiss Complex, also
called the
Acasta Gneiss, is a body of
felsic to
ultramafic Archean ba****t rocks,
gneisses, that form the northwestern...
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Gneiss is a
common and
widely distributed type of
metamorphic rock
Gneiss may also
refer to:
Gneiss Hills and
Gneiss Lake, in
Antarctica Gneiss Point...
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Gneiss-2 was the
first Soviet produced airborne radar system. It was
introduced in 1942, and was
installed on
Petlyakov Pe-2,
Petlyakov Pe-3 and Douglas...
- The
Gneiss and
Granite Plateau (German: Granit- und Gneisplateau, also
called the
Granite and
Gneiss Highland (Granit- und Gneishochland), is one of the...
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Peninsular Gneiss or
Peninsular Gniessic Complex are the
gneissic complex of the
metamorphics found all over the
Indian Peninsula, on top of which, the...
- The
Lewisian complex or
Lewisian gneiss is a
suite of
Precambrian metamorphic rocks that
outcrop in the
northwestern part of Scotland,
forming part of...
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textures in
these rocks can
either be
schistose or
gneissic. They
transition into the mica
gneiss and
schist units.
Major minerals in both
include mica...
- The
Cibola gneiss is a
pluton in
central New Mexico. It has a
radiometric age of 1653±16 Ma,
corresponding to the
Statherian period. The unit was first...
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bedrock in the
Bronx is
Fordham gneiss,
while that of
Manhattan is
schist has led to the expression: "The
Bronx is
gneiss (nice) but
Manhattan is schist...
