| 单词 | greenschist facies |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreenschist facies greenschist facies n. [after German Grünsteinschiefer ( G. F. Naumann Lehrb. der Geognosie (1849) I. 561, 985)] a facies (facies n. 3b) typified by the minerals characteristic of greenschists, thought to result from metamorphism at moderate temperature and pressure. ΚΠ 1920 Norsk Geol. Tidsskrift 6 162 The rocks of the greenschist facies belong to the uppermost zone of the lithosphere and chiefly originate under considerable stress. 1990 P. Kearey & F. J. Vine Global Tectonics xi. 254 Greenstone belts..exhibit a low-pressure regional metamorphism of the greenschist facies. 2002 R. A. Strachan et al. in N. H. Trewin Geol. Scotl. (ed. 4) iv. 119/1 Obduction was accompanied by widespread greenschist facies metamorphism of the ophiolite. < as lemmas |
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