Definition of Orthogneiss. Meaning of Orthogneiss. Synonyms of Orthogneiss

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- such as garnet gneiss, biotite gneiss, albite gneiss, and so forth. Orthogneiss designates a gneiss derived from an igneous rock, and paragneiss is one...
- The Tres Piedras Orthogneiss is a pluton in northern New Mexico. It has a U-Pb radiometric age of 1693 Mya, placing it in the Statherian period. Though...
- Gneiss consists of a mixture of orthogneiss and biotite-rich paragneiss. On the south and southeast face of K2, the orthogneiss consists of a mixture of a...
- Banded gneiss with a **** of granite orthogneiss...
- chalet being built in Haute-Maurienne (Savoy), the use of thick pieces of orthogneiss (4–7 cm) is by the strict architectural regulations in the region bordering...
- foreland, an old sedimentary basin that hosts hydrocarbon reserves. Orthogneiss dated at 525 million years is known to underlie some of the oil wells...
- 14°27′E / 49.750°N 14.450°E / 49.750; 14.450 Parent range Central Bohemian Hills Geology Type of rock Granite, granodiorite, diorite, orthogneiss...
- under cross-polarized light. Biotite (in brown) and muscovite in an orthogneiss thin section under plane-polarized light. Biotite in thin section under...
- protolith (para-, such as paraschist) or igneous protolith (ortho-, such as orthogneiss). When nothing is known about the protolith, the textural name is used...
- been exposed in a glacial peneplain. Analyses of zircons from a felsic orthogneiss with presumed granitic protolith returned an age of 4.031 ±0.003 Ga....