schistose


Also found in: Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
Related to schistose: gneissose

schist

(shĭst)
n.
Any of various medium-grained to coarse-grained metamorphic rocks composed of laminated, often flaky parallel layers of chiefly micaceous minerals.
[French schiste, from Latin (lapis) schistos, fissile (stone), a kind of iron ore, from Greek skhistos, split, divisible, from skhizein, to split; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]
schis′tose′ (shĭs′tōs′), schis′tous (-təs) adj.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
References in periodicals archive ?
The Ultramafic zone displays strong talc-chlorite alteration and schistose texture.
Gatling Drills High-Grade, Near Surface Gold at Cheminis Deposit Including 12.3 gt Au over 5.0 meters
garnetiferous schist, quartz-mica schist, calcareous schist, schistose marble, hornblende bearing quartz mica schist and micaceous marble.
GEOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF TUNNELLING FROM A SMALL-SCALE HYDROPOWER PROJECT IN NORTHERN PAKISTAN: IMPLICATIONS FROM PETROGRAPHY AND ROCK MASS CHARACTERIZATION
The texture of amphibolite rocks is mainly medium-grained, nematogranoblastic, schistose. The main rock-forming minerals of amphibolites are (in%): hornblende (30-83), plagioclase (4-43), quartz (~11).
COMPARISON OF PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PREDOMINANT ROCKS FROM THE ARCHAEAN SECTION OF THE KOLA SUPERDEEP (SG-3)
The lithology in both aquifers is either migmatitic, gneissic, quartzitic, or schistose. The top aquifer is the most widely exploited by the rural communities.
Hydrogeophysical Investigation for Groundwater Resources from Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Self-Potential Data in the Meiganga Area, Adamawa, Cameroon
Schistose formations also form potential aquifiers when the wells tapping contact zones with intrusives.
Assessment of Groundwater Quality of Udayagiri area, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, South India Using Multivariate Statistical Techniques
The standard and most commonly used technique for evaluation of intestinal helminthes and schistose infections remains microscopy for direct egg detection in the stool and species identification.
WORM INFECTION AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN OF UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR
4e) is indicative of source areas with metamorphic influence (gneissic and schistose; Tortosa et al., 1988) while the presence of quartz grains with rutile needles inclusions (Fig.
Composition of clastic sediments in the somosaguas area (middle Miocene, Madrid Basin): insights into provenance and palaeoclimate
Schistose and flaky crystals in varied sizes were observed (Figures 3(a) and 3(b)).
A comparative study on root canal repair materials: a cytocompatibility assessment in L929 and MG63 cells

Full browser ?