Definition of Gneissose. Meaning of Gneissose. Synonyms of Gneissose

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Definition of Gneissose

Gneissose
Gneissose Gneis"sose`, a. Having the structure of gneiss.

Meaning of Gneissose from wikipedia

- though rocks poor in platy minerals are more likely to produce gneissose texture. Gneissose rocks thus are largely recrystallized but do not carry large...
- and anhydrous ferromagnesian minerals, with granoblastic texture and gneissose to m****ive structure. They are of particular interest to geologists because...
- spotted gabbros of Norway. In many parts of the world metamorphic rocks of gneissose character occur containing scapolite as an essential constituent. Their...
- migmatitic Paleoproterozoic garnet-bearing granitoid with variable amounts of gneissose enclaves. The name refers to occurrences at Vaasa, on the west coast of...
- Epoch. The eastern part of the Pyrenees consists largely of granite and gneissose rocks, while in the western part the granite peaks are flanked by layers...
- pseudomorphs after leucite. The lujaurites frequently have a parallel-banding or gneissose structure. Sodalite-syenites in which sodalite very largely or completely...
- Fissile; see also Bedding fissility. Fossiliferous Glomeroporphyritic Gneissose; gneissic Granoblastic Granophyric Granulitic Graphic Holocrystalline...
- Thickness several kilometres Lithology Primary psammite Other semipelite, gneissose quartzite Location Region Grampian Mountains Type section Named for Badenoch...
- regional structures. Textures and structures presents in alkaline rocks: Gneissose appearance; folded foliation; foliation parallel to the country rocks;...
- Upper Peninsula of Michigan.: 8  Lithologies of the rocks are usually gneissose and migmatitic.: 8  Repeated metamorphism and deformation caused extensive...