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transition rocks

Transition rocks — Transition Tran*si tion, n. [L. transitio: cf. F. transition. See {Transient}.] 1. Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold. [1913 Webster] There is no death, what seems so is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transition rocks — Геология: переходные породы … Универсальный англо-русский словарь
Transition — Tran*si tion, n. [L. transitio: cf. F. transition. See {Transient}.] 1. Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold. [1913 Webster] There is no death, what seems so is transition.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Parc provincial The Rocks — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Hopewell. Parc provincial The Rocks Rochers d Hopewell à marée basse Catégorie UICN … Wikipédia en Français
Brittle-ductile transition zone — [ continental crust and changes in dominant deformation mechanisms and fault rocks in a conceptual vertical fault zone. ] The brittle ductile transition zone is the strongest part of the Earth s crust. For quartz and feldspar rich rocks in… … Wikipedia
переходные породы — Geology: transition rocks … Универсальный русско-английский словарь
Rock cycle — rocks do not remain in equilibrium and are forced to change as they encounter new environments. The rock cycle is an illustration that explains how the 3 rock types are related to each other and how processes change from one type to another over… … Wikipedia

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Cambrian Period — Oldest time division of the Paleozoic Era. During the Cambrian, 543–490 million years ago, there were widespread seas and several scattered landmasses. The largest continent was Gondwana. The average climate was probably warmer than today, with… … Universalium
Tertiary Period — Interval of geologic time, 65–1. 8 million years ago. It constitutes the first of the two periods of the Cenozoic Era, the second being the Quaternary. The Tertiary has five subdivisions: (from oldest to youngest) the Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene … Universalium