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Argillaceous schist information


Argillaceous schist is metamorphic rock which exhibits fine laminations of clay materials.[1] Its protolith is argillite.

  1. ^ Kontogianni, V.; Tzortzis, A.; Stiros, S. (October 2004). "Deformation and Failure of the Tymfristos Tunnel, Greece". Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 130 (10): 1004–1013. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2004)130:10(1004). ISSN 1090-0241.

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Argillaceous schist

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Argillaceous schist is metamorphic rock which exhibits fine laminations of clay materials. Its protolith is argillite. Kontogianni, V.; Tzortzis, A.;...

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Argillite

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sedimentary rock composed predominantly of indurated clay particles. Argillaceous rocks are basically lithified muds and oozes. They contain variable amounts...

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augite, sphene and pyrites. The cementing material may be siliceous or argillaceous and is sometimes calcareous. Greywackes are abundant in Wales, the south...

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Oslo Tunnel

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it comes into contact with air and water and can attack concrete, argillaceous schist, cracks with clay and water, and hard volcanic rocks. Another committee...

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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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metres (9,626 ft). Geologically, the island consists of gneiss and argillaceous schists with occasional tuffs and other sedimentary layers from which fossils...

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Uvarovite

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British Columbia Canada. Its source is likely near serpentinites and argillaceous limestones within about 450 m upstream of the silt site. Notable localities...

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Migmatite

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phyllites 'A2' to metamorphic schists 'C1' in which the initial sedimentary components can still be discerned. Deeper still, the schists are reconstituted as gneiss...

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Tectonic evolution of the Aravalli Mountains

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thus suggesting a shelf depositional environment. Turbidite facies and argillaceous rocks are prominent in the upper Jharol group, thus suggesting a deep...

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Scapolite

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the rock. Large, nearly idiomorphic crystals are sometimes found in argillaceous rocks (altered calcareous shales) that have suffered thermal metamorphism...

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limestone interlayered with subordinate beds of recrystallised dolomite with argillaceous laminae and siltstone. Gansser first reported finding microscopic fragments...

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Pelite

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terms based on grain size, avoiding the use of terms such as clay or argillaceous which carry an implication of chemical composition. The Ancient Greek...

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Aravalli Range

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40 km carbonate-free phyllite and arenite with turbidite facies and argillaceous rocks. Udaipur Group is a thick accumulation of greywacke-phyllite basement...

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White Ledges Formation

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were first noted by N.H. Darton in 1925, who assigned them to the Pinal Schist. The White Ledges Formation was first designated by D.E. Livingston in 1969...

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Danana'ao Group or Tananao Schist. This group consists of the Kainanagang Gneiss, Tailuge Marble, and Changchun Schist. The Yuli Schist is Cretaceous in age...

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San Juan Basin

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exposure and poor well-control. Precambrian rocks consist of quartzite, schist, and granite, and rocks are overlain unconformably by younger Paleozoic...

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Hornfels

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2020. Stewart, F. H. (September 1942). "Chemical data on a silica-poor argillaceous hornfels and its constituent minerals". Mineralogical Magazine and Journal...

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Glossary of geology

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diorite, andesite, hornblende-schist, and amphibole. hornfels A hard, compact, fine-textured contact-altered argillaceous rock that breaks into splintery...

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Geology of the Iberian Peninsula

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Devonian Period deposition occurred on the western side, with dolomite, argillaceous limestone, marl and shale from the Raneces Complex or La Vid Formation...

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Harz

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dominated by base-poor rocks. The most common rocks lying on the surface are argillaceous shales, slaty (geschieferte) greywackes and granite intrusions in the...

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Geology of the Pyrenees

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limestone, argillaceous limestone, and micritic limestone). During the Middle Jurassic, an oolitic barrier, made up mostly of argillaceous micrites, separates...

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Hajigak mining concession

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metamorphosed acid and basic tuffites and argillaceous rocks. Minor cherts and marbles also occur. The Green Schist Formation, a distinctive unit overlying...

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Lufilian Arc

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schists formed during the Eburnean age, about 2100–2000 Ma. The upper basement extends under part of the arc in Zambia and is mostly made of schists,...

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Shinumo Quartzite

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granites, gneisses, pegmatites, and schists that comprise Vishnu Basement Rocks. In sharp contrast to argillaceous strata above and below it, the Shinumo...

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Hakatai Shale

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members that consist of bright-red, slope-forming, highly fractured, argillaceous mudstones and shale and an upper member composed of purple and red, cliff-forming...

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Taliesin Hills. Psammitic schist and pellitic schist occur there. Within this region, there are two parallel belts of knotted schist even more strongly heated...

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Geology of Ivory Coast

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layer of clay and argillaceous material, with low permeability and limited groundwater, in Late Precambrian Birrimian aquifers. The schists typically have...

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Dox Formation

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Formation consists of silty-sandstone and sandstone, and some interbedded argillaceous beds, that form stair-stepped, cliff-slope topography. The bulk of the...

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Unkar Group

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low-energy, shallow, near-shore, marine environments. In sharp contrast to argillaceous strata above and below it, the Shinumo Quartzite consists characteristically...

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