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81Smolikas — Infobox Mountain Name=Smolikas Σμόλικας Photo= Caption= Elevation=convert|2637|m|ft|0 Range=Pindus Mountains Location=Northwest central Greece Coordinates=coord|40|05|50|N|20|55|30|E|region:GR type:mountain|display=inline,title Type= | Age=… …
82Sima (geology) — Sima is the name for the lower layer of the Earth s crust. This layer is made of rocks rich in silicates and magnesium minerals. Typically the sima when it comes to the surface is basalt, so sometimes this layer is called the basalt layer of the… …
83Bündner schist — The Bündner schist or Bündner slate (German: Bündnerschiefer ; French: schistes lustrés ) is a collective name for schistose rocks that form a number of geologic formations in the Penninic nappes of the Alps. Bündner schists were originally… …
84Valais Ocean — The Valais Ocean is a disappeared piece of oceanic crust which was situated between the continent Europe and the microcontinent Iberia or so called Briançonnais microcontinent [ [http://www.dinodata.org/Golonka/GLOSSARY.pdf… …
85Piemont-Liguria Ocean — The Piemont Liguria basin or the Piemont Liguria Ocean (sometimes only one of the two names is used, for example: Piemonte Ocean) was a former piece of oceanic crust that is seen as part of the Tethys Ocean. Together with some other oceanic… …
86Franciscan Assemblage — The Franciscan Assemblage is a geological term for an accreted terrane of heterogeneous rocks found on and near the San Francisco Peninsula. It was named by geologist Andrew Lawson who also named the San Andreas Fault which bounds the Franciscan… …
87Boninite — is a mafic extrusive rock high in both magnesium and silica, formed in fore arc environments, typically during the early stages of subduction. The rock is named for its occurrence in the Izu Bonin arc south of Japan. It is characterized by… …
88Ogo-dour Cove — Coordinates: 49°59′49″N 5°15′27″W / 49.997°N 5.25747°W / 49.997; 5.25747 Ogo dour Cove is a small cove located at …
89Trondhjemite — is a leucocratic (light colored) intrusive igneous rock. It is a variety of tonalite in which the plagioclase is mostly in the form of oligoclase. Trondhjemites are sometimes known as plagiogranites.Trondhjemite is common in Archean terranes… …
90Kalahari craton — The Kalahari craton occupies a large portion of South Africa and consists of the Kaapvaal, the Zimbabwe craton, the Limpopo belt, and the Namaqua Belt. It has formed a stable unit for the past 2.3 billion years (2.3 Ga). As such, it contains some …
