- tabular shape
-
таблитчатая форма
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
Popigai crater — The Popigai crater in Siberia, Russia is tied with Manicouagan Reservoir as the 4th largest impact crater on Earth.Cite book publisher = Springer pages = 81 85 last = Masaitis first = Victor L. title = Popigai Crater: General Geology date = 2003… … Wikipedia
Carbonate platform — A carbonate platform is a sedimentary body which possesses topographic relief, and is composed of autochthonous calcareous deposits (Wilson, 1975). Platform growth is mediated by sessile organisms whose skeletons build up the reef or by organisms … Wikipedia
Pluton — A pluton in geology is an intrusive igneous rock body that crystallized from a magma slowly cooling below the surface of the Earth. Plutons include batholiths, dikes, sills, laccoliths, lopoliths, and other igneous bodies. In practice, pluton… … Wikipedia
Mountain, Table — ▪ mountain, South Africa Afrikaans Tafelberg flat topped mountain in southwestern South Africa, overlooking Cape Town and Table Bay (Bay, Table) and dominating the northern end of the high, rocky Cape Peninsula. Its tabular shape results from … Universalium
formation — [ stratigraphy ] The basic lithostratigraphic unit in the local classification of rocks. A body of rock (commonly a sedimentary stratum or strata, but also igneous and metamorphic rocks) generally characterized by some degree of internal… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
iceberg — /uys berrg/, n. 1. a large floating mass of ice, detached from a glacier and carried out to sea. 2. Informal. an emotionally cold person. 3. Australian Informal. a person who swims or surfs regularly in winter. 4. tip of the iceberg, the first… … Universalium
Crystal habit — This article is about the descriptive term used in mineralogy. For the addictive drug, see crystal methamphetamine. Pyrite sun (or dollar) in laminated shale matrix. Between tightly spaced layers of shale, the aggregate was forced to grow in a… … Wikipedia
GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY — Names The name Ereẓ Israel (the Land of Israel) designates the land which, according to the Bible was promised as an inheritance to the Israelite tribes. In the course of time it came to be regarded first by the Jews and then also by the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Iceberg — An iceberg is a large piece of freshwater ice that has broken off from a snow formed glacier or ice shelf and is floating in open water. [ [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en q=define%3Aiceberg btnG=Google+Search Numerous definitions of the word… … Wikipedia
igneous rock — Any of various crystalline or glassy, noncrystalline rocks formed by the cooling and solidification of molten earth material (magma). Igneous rocks comprise one of the three principal classes of rocks, the others being metamorphic and sedimentary … Universalium
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium