 | Gneiss (/naɪs/ nice) is a common and widely distributed type of metamorphic rock. It is formed by high-temperature and high-pressure metamorphic processes... 19 KB (2,003 words) - 00:13, 21 December 2023 |
 | The Acasta Gneiss Complex, also called the Acasta Gneiss, is a body of felsic to ultramafic Archean basement rocks, gneisses, that form the northwestern... 14 KB (1,735 words) - 13:47, 1 April 2024 |
Gneiss is a common and widely distributed type of metamorphic rock Gneiss may also refer to: Gneiss Hills and Gneiss Lake, in Antarctica Gneiss Point... 301 bytes (78 words) - 03:20, 26 November 2022 |
Gneiss-2 was the first Soviet produced airborne radar system. It was introduced in 1942, and was installed on Petlyakov Pe-2, Petlyakov Pe-3 and Douglas... 6 KB (884 words) - 21:00, 29 February 2024 |
 | The Cibola gneiss is a pluton in central New Mexico. It has a radiometric age of 1653±16 Ma, corresponding to the Statherian period. The unit was first... 4 KB (366 words) - 21:37, 27 March 2024 |
Gneiss Point (77°24′S 163°45′E / 77.400°S 163.750°E / -77.400; 163.750) is a rocky point 2 nautical miles (4 km) north of Marble Point, on the coast... 2 KB (207 words) - 02:58, 14 December 2022 |
Peninsular Gneiss or Peninsular Gniessic Complex are the gneissic complex of the metamorphics found all over the Indian Peninsula, on top of which, the... 12 KB (1,187 words) - 12:53, 5 November 2023 |
 | textures in these rocks can either be schistose or gneissic. They transition into the mica gneiss and schist units. Major minerals in both include mica... 7 KB (695 words) - 02:09, 8 April 2024 |
 | The Narryer Gneiss Terrane is a geological complex in Western Australia that is composed of a tectonically interleaved and polydeformed mixture of granite... 9 KB (1,184 words) - 00:30, 7 May 2024 |
 | Earth was dated to 4.031 ±0.003 billion years, and is part of the Acasta Gneiss of the Slave craton in northwestern Canada. Researchers at McGill University... 18 KB (2,148 words) - 15:12, 26 March 2024 |
 | Lewisian complex (redirect from Lewisian gneiss) The Lewisian complex or Lewisian gneiss is a suite of Precambrian metamorphic rocks that outcrop in the northwestern part of Scotland, forming part of... 15 KB (1,795 words) - 23:10, 24 April 2024 |
 | The Bronx (redirect from Fordham gneiss) bedrock in the Bronx is Fordham gneiss, while that of Manhattan is schist has led to the expression: "The Bronx is gneiss (nice) but Manhattan is schist... 202 KB (21,203 words) - 03:57, 27 April 2024 |
Morton gneiss, also known as rainbow gneiss, is an Archean-age gneiss found in the Minnesota River Valley of southwestern Minnesota, United States. It... 6 KB (827 words) - 17:35, 31 July 2023 |
 | Isua Greenstone Belt (redirect from Istaq Gneiss Complex) capital region. It forms the largest supracrustal enclave in the Itsaq Gneiss Complex, which predominantly comprises 3850 - 3600 million year old (Ma)... 36 KB (4,094 words) - 10:48, 29 November 2023 |
 | layered gneiss member, the augen gneiss member, the streaked-augen gneiss member, and the hornblende gneiss member. Additionally, the Baltimore Gneiss outcrops... 9 KB (955 words) - 10:24, 7 May 2024 |
The Western Gneiss Region (Norwegian: Gneisregionen) is a large geological unit in Norway chiefly made of gneiss rock that formed through metamorphism... 4 KB (339 words) - 00:33, 21 November 2023 |
 | The Port Deposit Gneiss is a Paleozoic gneiss formation in Cecil County, Maryland. It is described as a "Moderately to strongly deformed intrusive complex... 3 KB (227 words) - 21:37, 11 January 2023 |
The Gneiss Hills (60°44′S 45°39′W / 60.733°S 45.650°W / -60.733; -45.650) are two prominent hills, 270 and 260 metres (890 and 850 ft) high, at the... 1 KB (179 words) - 04:14, 26 November 2022 |
 | The Gneiss and Granite Plateau (German: Granit- und Gneisplateau, also called the Granite and Gneiss Highland (Granit- und Gneishochland), is one of the... 2 KB (175 words) - 20:03, 31 January 2022 |
 | consist of metamorphic rocks, known as the K2 Gneiss, and part of the Karakoram Metamorphic Complex. The K2 Gneiss consists of a mixture of orthogneiss and... 71 KB (7,854 words) - 06:13, 27 April 2024 |
 | Eoarchean geology (section Acasta Gneiss Complex) localities, the Isua Greenstone Belt in Southwest Greenland, the Acasta Gneiss in the Slave Craton in Canada, and the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in the... 35 KB (4,087 words) - 10:53, 29 November 2023 |
 | the gneiss showed the development of garnet replacing the dark biotite. The study indicated localized melting or migmatization within the gneiss. This... 4 KB (393 words) - 19:04, 7 November 2023 |
 | Yilgarn Craton (section Western Gneiss Terrane) 2.8 billion year old (~2.8 Ga) granite-gneiss metamorphic terrain (the Southwestern Province and Western Gneiss Belt), and three granite-greenstone terrains... 24 KB (3,249 words) - 00:31, 7 May 2024 |
 | variety of nepheline syenite, sometimes called nepheline syenite gneiss or gneissic nepeheline syenite. Litchfieldite is composed of two varieties of... 9 KB (1,023 words) - 11:04, 14 March 2023 |
| schist and gneiss. The slatey cleavage typical of slate is due to the preferred orientation of microscopic phyllosilicate crystals. In gneiss, the foliation... 9 KB (1,083 words) - 21:42, 10 February 2024 |
 | Geology of Guernsey (redirect from Icart Gneiss) southern part if the island is largely composed of Icart Gneiss. The Icart Gneiss is an augen gneiss of granitic composition containing potassium feldspar... 5 KB (735 words) - 13:37, 22 April 2022 |
 | minerals such as micas. A gneiss has visible bands of differing lightness, with a common example being the granite gneiss. Other varieties of foliated... 31 KB (3,311 words) - 01:21, 18 April 2024 |
Knot Gneiss is a fantasy novel by British-American writer Piers Anthony, the 34th book of the Xanth series. This is about Jumper's friend Wenda Woodwife... 1 KB (121 words) - 09:22, 19 April 2022 |
 | 28 billion years and have been found in the Narryer Gneiss Terrane in Western Australia, in the Acasta Gneiss in the Northwest Territories on the Canadian Shield... 13 KB (1,642 words) - 02:12, 27 April 2024 |
 | These two supergroups rest over the Archean Bhilwara Gneissic Complex basement, which is a gneissic (high-grade metamorphism of sedimentary or igneous rocks)... 63 KB (5,459 words) - 18:38, 1 May 2024 |