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Revised stratigraphic nomenclature and age
Revised stratigraphic nomenclature and age

... McTaggart (1952) re-examined the units mapped by Drysdale (1914). They described a sequence of sedimentary beds separating the Spences Bridge Group from the overlying amygdaloidal andesite unit (Drysdale's Karnloops Group) southeast of Spences Bridge along the Nicola River. Those strata, comprising ...
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... oxide, or gibbsite. The stability of the nontronites found at Kahakuloa and Nuuanu Pali can be explained by the former condition, in that they occur in a position in which leachates from adjacent weathering rocks move through or near these clays. These leachates may contain sufficient Fe and Si to m ...
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... (GW) or poorly graded (GP). Well graded is defined as a soil that has a wide range of particle sizes and a substantial amount of the intermediate particle sizes. Poorly graded is defined as a soil that consists predominately of one particle size (uniformly graded), or has a wide range of particle ...
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pdf file - Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
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full text pdf

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... Volcanic magmas fall within a strictly limited compositional range that reflects the physical and chemical processes responsible for their generation and differentiation. Our concern is the physical phenomena of volcanism, interpretation of which requires some knowledge of physical properties of mag ...
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Igneous rock



Igneous rock (derived from the Latin word ignis meaning fire) is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic. Igneous rock is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava. Igneous rock may form with or without crystallization, either below the surface as intrusive (plutonic) rocks or on the surface as extrusive (volcanic) rocks. This magma can be derived from partial melts of pre-existing rocks in either a planet's mantle or crust. Typically, the melting is caused by one or more of three processes: an increase in temperature, a decrease in pressure, or a change in composition. Over 700 types of igneous rocks have been described, most of them having formed beneath the surface of Earth's crust.
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