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granulite

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granulite [′gran·yə‚līt]
(petrology)
Granite that contains muscovite.
A relatively coarse, granuloblastic rock formed at the high temperatures and pressures of the granulite facies.
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Generalized units geological map Metagabbros Metagranitoids Generalized units Metagabbros 0 59317 Remote Metagranitoids 0 25049011 Predictive Map Granulites 0 139197 2005 Supracrustals 0 708235 Reliability 0 0.
Remote Predictive Mapping 1. Remote Predictive Mapping (RPM): a ... by Schetselaar, E.M.; Harris, J.R.; Lynds, T.; de Kemp, E.A. / Geoscience Canada
The Southwestern Group consists of cordierite granulite facies rocks made of cordierite gneisses, calc granulites, and metasediments.
Geotechnical aspects of natural hazards: Sri Lankan experience by Seneviratne, H.N.; Ratnaweera, H.G.P.A.; Bandara, R.M.S. / Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation
This assumption was strongly based on lithological correlations of granulitic facies rocks with those of the Kola series and on an idea, famous among the Soviet geologists, that the regional granulite facies rocks should be older than their lower-grade counterparts.
Precambrian basement of Estonia by Soesoo, Alvar / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology
 
 
 
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