- greenstone schist
- зеленокаменный сланец
English-Russian mining dictionary. В.П. Манышев.
English-Russian mining dictionary. В.П. Манышев.
Isua greenstone belt — The Isua greenstone belt is an Archean greenstone belt in southwestern Greenland dated at 3.8 3.7 Ga and contains the oldest known, well preserved, metavolcanic (metamorphosed mafic volcanic), metasedimentary and sedimentary rocks on Earth. It… … Wikipedia
Copper mining in the United States — US primary copper production 1900 2008. Source: USGS … Wikipedia
Superior craton — in the west. The western margin extends from northern Minnesota through eastern Manitoba to northwestern Ontario.The formation of the Superior craton is best explained within the context of 2.72 2.68 Ga accretion of small continental plates and… … Wikipedia
Precambrian time — Interval of geologic time from с 3. 8 billion years ago, the age of the oldest known rocks, to 544 million years ago, the beginning of the Cambrian Period. This interval represents more than 80% of the geologic record and thus provides important… … Universalium
Yilgarn Craton — The Yilgarn Craton is a large craton which constitutes the bulk of the Western Australian land mass. It is bounded by a mixture of sedimentary basins and Proterozoic fold and thrust belts. Zircon grains in the Jack Hills, Narryer Gneiss Terrane… … Wikipedia
Slave craton — which is one of the oldest dated rock units on Earth at 4.03 Ga. The crust of the Slave craton is thought to have amalgamated during a 2.69 Ga collision between a proto Slave western basement complex, known as the Central Slave Basement Complex,… … Wikipedia
Baltic Shield — The Baltic Shield (sometimes referred to as the Fennoscandian Shield) is located in Fennoscandia (Norway, Sweden and Finland), northwest Russia and under the Baltic Sea. The Baltic Shield is defined as the exposed Precambrian northwest segment of … Wikipedia
Asia — /ay zheuh, ay sheuh/, n. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km). * * * I Largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean … Universalium
Greenschist — also known as greenstone is a general field petrologic term applied to metamorphic and/or altered mafic volcanic rock. The green is due to abundant green chlorite, actinolite and epidote minerals that dominate the rock. However, basalts may… … Wikipedia
Kambalda type komatiitic nickel ore deposits — Kambalda type nickel ore deposits are a class of magmatic nickel copper ore deposit in which the physical processes of komatiite volcanology serve to enrich, concentrate and deposit nickel bearing sulfide within the lava flow environment of an… … Wikipedia
greenschist — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: green (I) + schist : a laminated metamorphic rock characterized by muscovite, quartz, and chlorite * * * /green shist /, n. Petrol. schist colored green by an abundance of chlorite, epidote, or actinolite. Cf.… … Useful english dictionary