10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PSEPHITE»
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Earth's Pre-Pleistocene Glacial Record
Names Psephite deposits interpreted as tillites were first described from near
Gnejss^ in western Gaseland and Paul Stern Land by Wenk (1961). They occupy
small depressions in the Precambrian basement gneisses, and occur in a
window ...
M. J. Hambrey, Walter Brian Harland, 1981
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The Caledonide geology of Scandinavia
(a) Psammite with thin pebble layers, (b) Gaseland psephite in core of recumbent
syncline, basement is to the right, marbles to the left. Looking north, (c) Basal part
of the psephite, clasts are flattened in SI fabric and refolded by F2 folds.
Rodney A. Gayer, University College, Cardiff, 1989
3
Moscow University Geology Bulletin
The duration of the stages of psephite accumulation during the Precambrian
cannot be precisely determined at the present time; it was probably about 100
mln yrs. Analysis of the stratigraphic distribution of the psephites in the
Precambrian ...
Etymol: Greek "psammos", "sand" . See also: psephite; pelite. Also spelled:
psammyte. psammitic (psam-mit'-ic) (a) Pertaining to or characteristic of
psammite; arenaceous. Cf: sandy, (b) Said of a metamorphic rock derived from a
psammite; ...
Julia A. Jackson, James P. Mehl, Klaus K. E. Neuendorf, 2005
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A Dictionary of Geography, Second Edition:
Ct. PELITE, PSEPHITE. psephite A coarse, compacted, fragmental rock, with
usually rounded particles larger than sand grains; e.g. a conglomerate.
psychrometer A type of HYGROMETER, using wet- and dry-bulb thermometers,
with an ...
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Report of the Committee on Sedimentation
Used prefixed as in calci-rudite and silico-rudite, the chemical composition of the
fragments may be indicated. Psephite. An equivalent to rudite, of Greek
derivation, is psephite, much used in German-speaking countries.38 Rudaceous.
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Sedimentation, 1932
7
Geological Evolution of Antarctica
Lithostratigraphical subdivision of the Turnpike Bluff Group (iv) Arenite-pelite
alternation. > 1 km thick, containing thin carbonate and psephite intercalations;
dominant in easternmost outcrops. (iii) Carbonate-bearing elastics (in association
...
Michael Robert Alexander Thomson, J. Alistair Crame, Janet W. Thomson, 1991
The marble sequence This sequence consists predominantly of a cream-
coloured marble which is underlain in a number of places by psephite, quartzite
and tillite in descending order. Tillite and quartzite At two localities on the south-
western ...
Grønlands geologiske undersøgelse, 1972
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The Geology of Svalbard
It was concluded that the the psephite and the psammite were joined in a
continuous unit, the conglomerate being a local development of the quartzose
rock. The psephite was referred to by Birkenmajer (1960. 1972) as his Slyngfjellet
...
Walter Brian Harland, Lester M. Anderson, Daoud Manasrah, 1997
The marble sequence This sequence consists predominantly of a cream-
coloured marble which is underlain in a number of places by psephite, quartzite
and tillite in descending order. Tillite and quartzite At two localities on the south-
western ...
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