The Acasta Gneiss Complex, also called the Acasta Gneiss, is a body of felsic to ultramafic Archean basement rocks, gneisses, that form the northwestern... 14 KB (1,735 words) - 13:47, 1 April 2024 |
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... 301 bytes (78 words) - 03:20, 26 November 2022 |
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... 6 KB (884 words) - 21:00, 29 February 2024 |
Gneiss Point (77°24′S 163°45′E / 77.400°S 163.750°E / -77.400; 163.750) is a rocky point 2 nautical miles (4 km) north of Marble Point, on the coast... 2 KB (207 words) - 02:58, 14 December 2022 |
Peninsular Gneiss or Peninsular Gniessic Complex are the gneissic complex of the metamorphics found all over the Indian Peninsula, on top of which, the... 12 KB (1,187 words) - 12:53, 5 November 2023 |
Lewisian complex (redirect from Lewisian gneiss) The Lewisian complex or Lewisian gneiss is a suite of Precambrian metamorphic rocks that outcrop in the northwestern part of Scotland, forming part of... 15 KB (1,795 words) - 23:10, 24 April 2024 |
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... 7 KB (695 words) - 02:09, 8 April 2024 |
The Bronx (redirect from Fordham gneiss) 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... 202 KB (21,203 words) - 03:57, 27 April 2024 |