mantled gneiss dome

22:55 Oct 28, 2006
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Science - Geology / geology
English term or phrase: mantled gneiss dome
A dome-like structure consisting of granite at thecentre, surrounded by gneiss, and intruded into low-grade regionally metamorphosed rocks. Such structures are found in Precambrian shield areas.
CatarinaMassano
Portugal
Local time: 11:04


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5 +1Uma estrutura em forma de domo... gneiss = gnaisse
Brett Richards, B.S., M.B.A.
4domo gnáissico recoberto
Fernando Domeniconi
3cobertura de domos gndissicos
Claudio Mazotti


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A dome-like structure
Uma estrutura em forma de domo... gneiss = gnaisse


Explanation:
gneiss (En.) = gnaisse (Po.)

Onde é "mantled?"

Brett Richards, B.S., M.B.A.
United States
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cobertura de domos gndissicos


Explanation:
... depositados em torno de domos gndissicos do embasamento arqueano-. paleoproterozóico. ... away from the Jirau do Ponciano gneiss dome, around which ...
www.sbgeo.org.br/rgb/vol25_down/2504/2504315.pdf

... em torno de domos gndissicos do embasamento arqueanopaleoproterozóico. ... Embasamento e cobertura foram envolvidos em deformação polifasica D1-D3 ...
www.unb.br/ig/ProdCient/Resumos/abstracts_1995.htm


Claudio Mazotti
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domo gnáissico recoberto


Explanation:
FRAGOSO-CESAR, A. R.S. ; R.MACHADO, ; CESAR, A. R. S. F. ; FACCINI, U. F. . O Domo de Santana (RS): Domo Gnáissico Manteado ou Figura de Interferência tipo ...
buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.jsp?id=K4783011J1

Um estudo estrutural e petrográfico do domo granito-gnáissico de Ambrósio, no ``greenstone belt'' do rio Itapicuru, Bahia, Brasil. ...
www.cpgg.ufba.br/pppginfo/resumos/glm/glm0031a.html

Uma estrutura típica de granitização é o Domo Granito-gnáissico de Elisseev, ... recoberto por um manto de intemperismo e por sedimentos meso- ...
www.sbgeo.org.br/rgb/vol29_down/2904/2904483.pdf

Granito Gnáissico, em anfibólio xistos e em rochas graníticas, numa faixa de 70 ... recoberto por um manto de alteração de espessura média de cerca de 60 m, ...
www.unb.br/ig/posg/tesesBrasil.pdf -

Fernando Domeniconi
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