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greywacke
greywacke Geol. (ˈgreɪwækə) Also graywacke, greywack. [Anglicised form of grauwacke.] A conglomerate or grit rock consisting of rounded pebbles and sand firmly united together; originally applied to various strata of the Silurian series. Also attrib.1811 Pinkerton Petral. I. 293 Almost the whole of ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Greywacke
Some varieties include feldspathic greywacke, rich in feldspar, and lithic greywacke, rich in other tiny rock fragments. Gallery See also Greywacke zone Torlesse Greywacke References Other works cited External links Franciscan Greywacke/Shales National Park Service wikipedia.org
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Greywacke zone
Stratigraphically, the greywacke zone can be up to thick. The zone is part of the Austroalpine nappes. Mesozoic limestones crop out north of the greywacke zone, forming the Northern Calcareous Alps. wikipedia.org
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rauchwacke
‖ rauchwacke Geol. (ˈraʊxvakə) [G., f. rauch smoke + wacke: cf. grau-, greywacke.] A dolomitic limestone of the upper Permian or Zechstein group in Germany, corresponding to the Magnesian Limestone formation in England.1831 Sedgwick & Murchison Struct. East. Alps in Geol. Trans. Ser. ii. III. (1835)... Oxford English Dictionary
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Menkaure
Nome triad, King, Hathor-Mistress-of-the-Sycomore and Theban nome-god standing, greywacke. (Now in Cairo Mus. Ent. 40678.) Double-statue,’ King and wife (Khamerernebti II) standing, uninscribed, greywacke. (Now in Boston Mus. 11.1738.) wikipedia.org
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wacke
wacke Geol. (ˈwækə) Also 9 wacca, wake, wacké. [a. Ger. wacke, dial. wake (MHG. wacke large stone, OHG. waggo pebble), a miners' word, adopted by Werner as a geological term.] A sandstone-like rock, resulting from the decomposition of basaltic rocks in situ. Cf. grauwacke, greywacke.1803 tr. Pallas'... Oxford English Dictionary
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Sparagmite
Sparagmite (from the Latin sparagma, meaning "fragment") is an arkosic sandstone, greywacke and conglomerate set of beds so named by Jens Esmark in 1829 wikipedia.org
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Albemarle Group
The first three members were, from oldest to youngest, the Tillery Formation, the McManus Formation, and the Yadkin Greywacke. Parts of the McManus Formation became the Millingport Formation with two members: the Yadkin Member (formerly the Yadkin Greywacke) and the Floyd Church wikipedia.org
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جرواق
معرض الصور مراجع روابط خارجية National Park Service site Presidio Franciscan Greywacke/Shales حجر رملي صخور رسوبية wikipedia.org
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Pariwhero / Red Rocks
The pillow lava is bounded to the west by alternating greywacke and black siltstone, and to the east of the grey siltstone by massive greywacke sandstone Greywacke is the main rock type in the axial ranges. It is hard and resists erosion. wikipedia.org
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Torlesse Composite Terrane
Greywacke (or Torlesse Greywacke) is the dominant rock type of the composite terrane; argillite is less common and there are minor basalt occurrences. Deposition The greywacke of the Torlesse Composite Terrane was deposited on the eastern side of New Zealand from the Late Carboniferous through to the wikipedia.org
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Vila do Bispo (parish)
Geography The parish is divided into three areas: the north, composed of schist and carbon greywacke (dating to 360 Ma), the south, characterised by limestone The coastal region is a window on the region's history, with many of the schists and greywacke sediments intensely folded and faulted by tectonic pressures wikipedia.org
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Salzburg Slate Alps
Situated within the greywacke zone, they could be regarded either as part of the Northern Limestone Alps or of the Central Eastern Alps. Geography The range is located between the Kitzbühel Alps (Tyrolean Slate Alps), the continuation of the greywacke zone beyond Lake Zell and Saalach river wikipedia.org
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Rangitoto Range
Geology The Range is formed of Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Manaia Hill Group greywacke (a form of sandstone, with little or no bedding, fine to The ignimbrite forms round, flat-topped hills, edged by eroding banks, covered in blocks of ignimbrite, where the underlying greywacke has eroded. wikipedia.org
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Ōmana Regional Park
The white-fronted tern can be found resting on the greywacke outcrops which become visible at low tide. These deposits were kilometers thick and compressed, folded and heated became hard greywacke. 150 - 120 million years ago The hard greywacke was uplifted wikipedia.org
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