greywacke schist

См. также в других словарях:

• Greywacke — (German grauwacke , signifying a grey, earthy rock) is a variety of sandstone generally characterized by its hardness, dark color, and poorly sorted, angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments set in a compact, clay fine matrix …   Wikipedia

• greywacke — /ˈgreɪwækə/ (say graywakuh) noun a dark coloured sandstone or grit, containing fragments of various rocks, such as slate or schist. {half translation, half adoption of German Grauwache. See wacke} …  

• Torlesse Greywacke — is a type of sedimentary rock. It is a hard and rather drab grey sandstone that is predominantly found in New Zealand though it is found elsewhere in the world as well. LocationTorlesse Greywacke is found east of the Alpine Fault in the Southern… …   Wikipedia

• Geology of Tasmania — Tasmania has a varied geological history, with the world s biggest exposure of diabase, or dolerite. Rocks from the Neoproterozoic, Paleozoic and Mesozoic time periods appear. It is one of the few southern hemisphere areas glaciated during the… …   Wikipedia

• Geology of New Zealand — The continent of Zealandia The geology of New Zealand is noted for its volcanic activity, earthquakes and geothermal areas because of its position on the boundary of the Australian Plate and Pacific Plates. New Zealand was earlier part of the… …   Wikipedia

• Superior craton — in the west. The western margin extends from northern Minnesota through eastern Manitoba to northwestern Ontario.The formation of the Superior craton is best explained within the context of 2.72 2.68 Ga accretion of small continental plates and… …   Wikipedia

• Geology of the Australian Capital Territory — Australia grew around three fused pieces of very ancient continental crust (cratons). The geology of the Australian Capital Territory includes rocks dating from the Ordovician around 480 million years ago, whilst most rocks are from the Silurian …   Wikipedia

• Geology of Scotland — The geology of Scotland is unusually varied for a country of its size, with a large number of differing geological features. [Keay Keay (1994) op cit page 415.] There are three main geographical sub divisions: the Highlands and Islands is a… …   Wikipedia

• Copper mining in the United States — US primary copper production 1900 2008. Source: USGS …   Wikipedia

• New Zealand wine — Map showing major cities and approximate location of the main NZ wine growing areas New Zealand wine is largely produced in ten major wine growing regions spanning latitudes 36° to 45° South and extending 1,600 kilometres (990 mi). They are …   Wikipedia

• Slave craton — which is one of the oldest dated rock units on Earth at 4.03 Ga. The crust of the Slave craton is thought to have amalgamated during a 2.69 Ga collision between a proto Slave western basement complex, known as the Central Slave Basement Complex,… …   Wikipedia