Letter T - Geology dictionary by Futura-Sciences

Alphabetical index

Tabular facies Tabular facies denotes crystals that have mainly grown in ...	Tectite Tectite is vitreous rock formed at the impact point of large ...
Tectonic basin A tectonic basin may refer to a depression in the crust ...	Tectosilicates Tectosilicates are formed of SiO4 tetrahedra joined by their vertices.
Tephrite Tephrite is volcanic rock containing plagioclase (andesine, ...	Tertiary Tertiary was the former name for the first geological period ...
Tetragonal system The tetragonal system is a crystal system in which the unit ...	Texture Texture denotes the spatial relationships visible to the ...
The Darvaza gateway to hell In 1971, in the Karakum desert (Turkmenistan), Soviet ...	Till Till is a mixture of rocky debris (from clay to large ...
Trap A trap is a stack of lava flows forming stepped cliffs. ...	Triassic The Triassic was the first period of the secondary era ...
Triclinic system The triclinic system is a crystal system of which the unit ...	Truncation Truncation means replacing an edge or vertex of the ...
Tsunamite A tsunamite is a deposit caused by the disturbance of ...	Tufa Tufa is soft, white, chalky limestone.
Twinned crystal A twinned crystal is the association of crystals of the same ...