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AMPHIBOLITE FACIES

Specialty Definition: AMPHIBOLITE FACIES

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Mining

The set of metamorphic mineral assemblages (facies) in which basic rocks are represented by hornblende + plagioclase, the plagioclase being oligoclase-andesine or some more calcic variety. Epidote and almandine are common in amphibolites. The facies is typical of regional dynamothermal metamorphism under moderate to high pressures (in excess of 300 MPa) withtemperatures in the range 450 to 700 degrees C. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: AMPHIBOLITE FACIES

Specialty definitions using "AMPHIBOLITE FACIES": albite-epidote-amphibolite facies. (references)

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Commercial Usage: AMPHIBOLITE FACIES

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Books

  • Strontium isotope heterogeneities in amphibolite facies, banded metasediments--a case study from the late Proterozoic Kuiseb Formation of the southern Damara Orogen, central Namibia (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: AMPHIBOLITE FACIES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-e-f-h-i-i-i-l-m-o-p-s-t"

-5 letters: amphibolites, capabilities, epitheliomas.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: AMPHIBOLITE FACIES


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 4D 50 48 49 42 4F 4C 49 54 45      46 41 43 49 45 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01001101 01010000 01001000 01001001 01000010 01001111 01001100 01001001 01010100 01000101 00100000 01000110 01000001 01000011 01001001 01000101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#77 &#80 &#72 &#73 &#66 &#79 &#76 &#73 &#84 &#69 &#32 &#70 &#65 &#67 &#73 &#69 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004D 0050 0048 0049 0042 004F 004C 0049 0054 0045      0046 0041 0043 0049 0045 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35475042433649464354392403537433953

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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