Definition of Granitoid. Meaning of Granitoid. Synonyms of Granitoid

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Definition of Granitoid

Granitoid
Granitoid Gran"i*toid, a. [Granite + -oid: cf. F. granito["i]de.] Resembling granite in granular appearance; as, granitoid gneiss; a granitoid pavement.

Meaning of Granitoid from wikipedia

- A granitoid is a generic term for a diverse category of co****-grained igneous rocks that consist predominantly of quartz, plagioclase, and alkali feldspar...
- kilometers. Granite is typical of a larger family of granitic rocks, or granitoids, that are composed mostly of co****-grained quartz and feldspars in varying...
- gneisses, volcanic-sedimentary greenstone sequences and calc-alkaline granitoids. The western Dharwar Craton contains the oldest ba****t rocks, with greenstone...
- R.S. Blome Granitoid Pavement is a historic road surface, as well as the ****ociated cut sandstone curbs in a few sections, found in three of the oldest...
- are important to reconstruct Archean geological environments. Felsic granitoids are the most prevalent rock type in Archean terranes. These intrusive...
- igneous rock – A plutonic rock dominated by orthoclase feldspar; a type of granitoid Tachylyte – Form of basaltic volcanic gl****Pages displaying short descriptions...
- interpreted to have formed in the Pan-African orogeny. Late Paleozoic granitoids (the distinctive "pink granite") were found in the peak ring borehole...
- chemical and mechanical weathering of crystalline rocks (most notably granitoids) generally in an arid or semiarid region. Grus sand, when cemented into...
- formed and stabilised between 3.7 and 2.6 Ga by the emplacement of major granitoid batholiths that thickened and stabilised the continental crust during...
- Grus sand and the granitoid from which it is derived...