Definition of Semipelites. Meaning of Semipelites. Synonyms of Semipelites

- It was equivalent to the now little-used Latin-derived term lutite. A semipelite is defined in part as having similar chemical composition but being of...
- Torridonian. In the southwest and on parts of the west coast are pelites and semipelites of Archaean to Proterozoic age. There are small outcrops of Silurian...
- schistose will be applied to a more precise type name, such as schistose semipelite (when the rock is known to contain moderate amounts of mica) or a schistose...
- mica in their composition. This ranges from low-mica psammite through semipelite to high-mica pelite. Psammites composed mostly of quartz are classified...
- sandstones and phyllites of the Kiloran Flags Formation and the phyllitic semipelites and quartzites of the Staosnaig Phyllite Formation. In the far north...
- the southern Highlands. This rock sequence also include pelites and semipelites. The amphibolite is cut by numerous broadly southeast–northwest aligned...
- Overlies Grampian Group Thickness up to 4km Lithology Primary psammite Other semipelite, quartzite, pelite, schist, limestone, slate Location Region Central Highlands...
- Appin Group Overlies ?Moine Supergroup Lithology Primary Psammite Other semipelite, Quartzite Location Region Central Highlands Type section Named for Grampian...
- suggested by the British Geological Survey. They are largely psammites and semipelites which have been intensely deformed and which are generally heavily migmatised...
- recognised; i) interbedded metasandstones and metasiltstones, ii) slaty semipelites and iii) conglomerates, the clasts of which are largely metamorphic in...