schistose
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Hence the boulder clay of the lowland districts is abundantly charged with boulders of schistose grit, slate, gneiss and granite derived from areas lying far to the north-west.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
They are not only intensely folded and crushed, but in large part have been caused to flow under great pressure, and have thus acquired a schistose structure.
From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)
Farther south there are zones of serpentine, and of crystalline and schistose rocks, some of which are probably Palaeozoic.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
It must ever be borne in mind that the presence of a gneissose or schistose complex does not in itself imply the Archean age of such a set of rocks.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
Schist is often used as synonymous with slate; but it may be very useful to distinguish between a schistose and a slaty structure.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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