schist in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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schist [Brit ʃɪst, Am ʃɪst] N

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schist in the PONS Dictionary

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schist [ʃɪst] N no pl GEO

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The soil in the area is glacial schist and granite.

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The schist sometimes reveals relatively fine-grained, decimeter-sized, dark interlayers of arenitic composition, most likely ancient greywackes.

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This molten granite burned the old oceanic sediments into a glittering medium-grade metamorphic rock called schist.

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The settlement was built on a flat schist bed with a central quadrangular platform which was surrounded by buildings on one side.

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A combination of schist, shells and lapis lazuli was used to depict the eyelashes and eyelids, cornea and iris, respectively.

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The staircase was built with tuff and its vaults are decorated with little schist coffers.

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Along the contact on the eastern side of the mountain, clasts of pelitic schist can be found embayed in the large-grained granite.

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Another feature recorded during field on observations is that granite has become the feldspathic schist near the boundary on the northern side of the cape.

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Shortly into the gorge, two tunnels have been cut through schist rock bluffs.

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Above this are schists or shales with beds of turbidites or limestone interleaved.

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