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• Bushveld Igneous Complex — The Bushveld Igneous Complex (or BIC) is a large igneous intrusion within the Earth s crust which has been tilted and eroded and now outcrops around what appears to be the edge of a great geological basin. Located in South Africa, the BIC… …   Wikipedia

• Mehrangarh Fort — Jodhpur, India View of Mehrangarh Fort …   Wikipedia

• Wichita Mountains — Range Elk Mountain, in the eastern Wichita Mountains …   Wikipedia

• Chepiwanoxet Island (Rhode Island) — GeologyGeologically, Chepiwanoxet and its island are located in the East Greenwich 7.5 quadrangle in Rhode Island. Bedrock and surficial geologic maps for East Greenwich were published by the US Geologic Service and Rhode Island State… …   Wikipedia

• Chepiwanoxet Point — Coordinates: 41°40′24″N 71°26′30″W / 41.67333°N 71.44167°W / 41.67333; 71.44167 Chepiwanoxet is a neighborhood in …   Wikipedia

• Circum-Superior Belt — Map of cratons, orogenies and the Circum Superior Belt. Areas associated with the Circum Superior Belt include …   Wikipedia

• Musgrave Block — The Musgrave Block is an east west trending belt of Proterozoic granulite gneiss basement rocks approximately 500km long. The Musgrave Block extends from western South Australia into Western Australia. The Musgrave Block is primarily exposed… …   Wikipedia

• dating — I In geology and archaeology, the process of determining an object s or event s place within a chronological scheme. Scientists may use either relative dating, in which items are sequenced on the basis of stratigraphic clues (see stratigraphy) or …   Universalium

• Kaapvaal craton — The Kaapvaal craton (Limpopo province of South Africa), along with the Pilbara craton of Western Australia, are the only remaining areas of pristine 3.6 2.5 Ga crust on Earth. Similarities of rock records from both these cratons, especially of… …   Wikipedia

• Anorthosite — (pronEng|æˈnɔrθəsaɪt/, /ə ) is a phaneritic, intrusive igneous rock characterized by a predominance of plagioclase feldspar (90–100%), and a minimal mafic component (0–10%). Pyroxene, ilmenite, magnetite, and olivine are the mafic minerals most… …   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