Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
förskiffrad
English translation:
schistose gneissic granite
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stephen mewes
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förskiffrad
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Under den första kilometern tycks graniten vara huvudsakligen massformig för att sedan övergå i en mer förskiffrad gnejsgranit och förskiffrad metaargillit.
'disjunct gneiss granite'?
'disjunct gneiss granite'?
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| 3 | schistose gneissic granite |
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schistose gneissic granite
This may be what you are after - according to Norstedts "schist" is a scientific term for "skiffer". Cf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schist and http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glimmerskiffer
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