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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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Until the late 1980s, geologists believed that the granulitic rocks of the South Estonian complex were Archaean, or at least pre-Svecofennian, in age (e.
Precambrian basement of Estonia by Soesoo, Alvar / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology
Until the late 1980s, the granulitic rocks of the South Estonian complex were considered as Archaean, or at least pre-Svecofennian in age (Puura et al.
Outlines of the Precambrian basement of Estonia/Eesti eelkambriumi ... by Soesoo, Alvar; Puura, Vaino; Kirs, Juho; Petersell, Valter; Niin, Mati; All, Tarmo / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology
Our modelling revealed that the positive gravity effects of the dense granulitic upper crust and upthrusted blocks of the lower crust together hid the gravity low produced by the totally overthickened crust.
Orogenic structures of the Precambrian basement of Estonia as ... by All, Tarmo; Puura, Vaino; Vaher, Rein / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology
 
 
 
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