- The
lithology of a rock unit is a
description of its
physical characteristics visible at outcrop, in hand or core samples, or with low
magnification microscopy...
- is a body of rock
having a
consistent set of
physical characteristics (
lithology) that
distinguishes it from
adjacent bodies of rock, and
which occupies...
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conformable contact can be abrupt,
where the
contact separates beds of
distinct lithology.
Abrupt contacts coincide with
bedding planes and
represent a
change in...
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River Formation Overlies Nepisiguit Falls Formation Thickness Unknown Lithology Primary Rhyolite flows, hyaloclastics, breccias,
hyalotuffs Other Shale...
- The
Hajar Mountains (Arabic: جِبَال ٱلْحَجَر, romanized: Jibāl al-Ḥajar, The
Rocky Mountains or The
Stone Mountains) are one of the
highest mountain ranges...
- correlation. A band is a thin
stratum that is
distinguishable by a
distinctive lithology or
color and is
useful in
correlating strata. Finally, a key bed, also...
- The
Highland Boundary Fault is a
major fault zone that
traverses Scotland from
Arran and
Helensburgh on the west
coast to
Stonehaven in the east. It separates...
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increasing use of chemistry.
Lithology was once
approximately synonymous with petrography, but in
current usage,
lithology focuses on
macroscopic hand-sample...
- The
Bishop Tuff is a
welded tuff
which formed 764,800 ± 600
years ago as a
rhyolitic pyroclastic flow
during the
approximately six-day
eruption that formed...
- A
shield is a
large area of
exposed Precambrian crystalline igneous and high-grade
metamorphic rocks that form
tectonically stable areas.
These rocks are...
