granodiorite in English

noun
1
a coarse-grained, plutonic rock containing quartz and plagioclase, between granite and diorite in composition.
The contact is vertical, with granodiorite the dominant rock below a depth of about 100 feet.

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1. Granodiorite was chosen for the aggregate of cut stone.

2. The granodiorite-plagiogranite and Banatite (diorite-monzonite-granodiorite) plutonic massifs are associated with the former, while peralkaline granite massifs are characteristic of the latter

3. This ice flow cut across the Willoughby granodiorite and adjacent metamorphic rocks.

4. Within the granodiorite gneiss, axes of broad open folds trend northwest–southeast as do the mineral lineations.

5. The Variscan Bassiès granodiorite partly suffered later Rb-Sr whole-rock resetting, presumably related to the development of Alpine shear zones.

6. The Batholiths comprise biotite, hornblende–biotite, and biotite–muscovite granite and granodiorite (Kwon et al., 1995a; Sagong et al., 1997).

7. This granodiorite temper was found to be similar to the outcrop close to Mountsorrel on the eastern part of Charnwood Forest.

8. Banatite ( countable and uncountable, plural Banatites ) ( petrology) granodiorite or rock of similar composition that intruded in the Banat region of Europe in the Cretaceous.

9. Tonalite, granodiorite, and crosscutting leucoadamellite bodies in the southern part of the An Nimas Bathylith yield ages in the time range 820-760 Ma

10. Tonalite, granodiorite, and crosscutting leucoadamellite bodies in the southern part of the An Nimas Bathylith yield ages in the time range 820-760 Ma

11. The rocks in the Batholith belong to the calc-alkaline series and range in composition from granodiorite through quartz diorite (tonalite) to gneissic aplite

12. The vein system occupies a fault in Archean granodiorite and is associated with a narrow zone of chloritic and hematite alteration overprinted by weak argillic alteration.

13. According to the statistics of 2615 enclaves in 53 enclave observation spots, enclaves in Fangshan granodiorite are divided into two categories, xenolith enclave and microgranular enclave.

14. "Amphibolia": examples and translations in context In geological terms the area surrounding Březnice is made up of grey-blue medium-grain biotite and amphibolic -biotite granodiorite

15. In the biotite-granodiorite deposit of Reut/Fichtelgebirge (NE-Bavaria, BRD) a variety of feldspar formations can be observed in the inclusions and in the regions adjoining the neighboring rock.

16. The Bathylith is a composite intrusive made up of at least nine distince bodies which range from tonalite to granite, The most common rock type is granodiorite which represents about 85 per cebt of the 550 square miles of exposed

17. The Bathylith is a composite intrusive made up of at least nine distince bodies which range from tonalite to granite, The most common rock type is granodiorite which represents about 85 per cebt of the 550 square miles of exposed Bathylith rock

18. Banatitele (de la numele regiunii Banat - România, în engleză Banatite) este un ansamblu de roci magmatice intruzive, care se găsesc în Banat și în Munții Apuseni, alcătuite în special din gradionite (granodiorite), având la partea superioară granite, iar la bază diorite.

19. Dal*—diorite and Andesinite: dark gray 2-pyroxene diorite and hornblende metadiorite-light gray Andesinite dall—Bluish green with purple tint (RS) dalz—Dark yellowish green (RS) gs* Granitic rocks, zoisite-biotite-quartz diorite, granodiorite, and quartz mon- zonite gs1—Medium olive green with bluish tint gs2—Olive green (RS)

20. The Kipawa Syenite Complex, a thin, folded sheet of amphibole syenite, quartz syenite and minor nepheline syenite, lies along a west-vergent thrust separating a lower slice comprising the Kikwissi granodiorite and biotite tonalite dated at 2717 +15–11 Ma, and unconformably overlying metasedimentary rocks from an overlying slice containing the Red Pine Chute orthogneiss, an alkali granite gneiss, and the Mattawa Quartzite.