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The Lewisian complex or Lewisian gneiss is a suite of Precambrian metamorphic rocks that outcrop in the northwestern part of Scotland, forming part of...15 KB (1,813 words) - 21:56, 12 June 2024
Moine Thrust Belt (section Lewisian complex)Thrust is the full sequence characteristic of the Hebridean Terrane. The Lewisian complex consists of mainly granitic gneisses that are of Archaean and Paleoproterozoic...21 KB (2,640 words) - 19:22, 1 July 2024- Lewis turning point (redirect from Lewisian turning point)The Lewis turning point is a situation in economic development where surplus rural labor is fully absorbed into the manufacturing sector. This typically...4 KB (437 words) - 06:10, 13 October 2022
Hebridean Terrane (section Lewisian complex)The basement is formed by Archaean and Paleoproterozoic gneisses of the Lewisian complex, unconformably overlain by the Neoproterozoic Torridonian sediments...10 KB (1,113 words) - 21:21, 30 November 2021- wages) in both capitalist and subsistence sectors, is sometimes called the Lewisian turning point. It has recently been widely discussed in the context of...28 KB (2,556 words) - 08:17, 13 September 2024
on topics ranging from truth and causation to philosophy of physics. Lewisian Themes, a collection of papers on his philosophy, was published in 2004...26 KB (2,990 words) - 08:40, 16 October 2024
northern outpost of the Caledonian orogeny, and there are outcrops of Lewisian, Dalradian and Moine metamorphic rocks with histories similar to their...144 KB (14,336 words) - 11:07, 4 November 2024
fragments on Earth, metamorphosed 3.58 to 4.031 billion years ago. The Lewisian gneiss is found throughout the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, on the Scottish...19 KB (2,016 words) - 09:25, 21 October 2024
James Nicol. Stratigraphically, they lie unconformably on gneisses of the Lewisian complex and sandstones of the lithologically similar Mesoproterozoic Stoer...11 KB (1,394 words) - 16:29, 16 June 2024
were uplifted during the later Caledonian Orogeny. Smaller formations of Lewisian gneiss in the northwest are up to 3 billion years old. The overlying rocks...44 KB (4,820 words) - 07:46, 27 October 2024
unconformably on the underlying Archaean to Paleoproterozoic age gneisses of the Lewisian complex and is in turn unconformably overlain by the Neoproterozoic Torridon...7 KB (659 words) - 02:55, 27 June 2024- from the original on 6 June 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010. For China's Lewisian turning-point, see "Economics Focus: Socialist Workers". The Economist...30 KB (2,571 words) - 07:43, 12 October 2024
Group Hebrides Colonsay Group Great Estuarine Group Hebridean Terrane Lewisian complex Lorne plateau lavas Moine Supergroup Moine Thrust Belt Mull Rhinns...150 KB (14,680 words) - 12:10, 11 October 2024- place as workers no longer have a monetary incentive to transition. The Lewisian "turning point" is the point where the surplus labour pool is depleted...6 KB (849 words) - 15:43, 18 May 2024
Geology and Landforms of Scotland. Edinburgh. Birlinn. p. 93 state of the Lewisian gneiss bedrock of much of the Outer Hebrides that "these rocks are amongst...78 KB (7,837 words) - 09:14, 5 November 2024- northern region of the lewisian gneiss. This is one of the few areas what has experienced all three metamorphic events of the lewisian gneiss: the Badcallian...9 KB (859 words) - 22:14, 29 August 2023
rich variety of landscapes. The oldest rocks in Great Britain are the Lewisian gneisses, metamorphic rocks found in the far north west of the island and...80 KB (7,822 words) - 19:34, 3 November 2024
They lie unconformably on Archean to Paleoproterozoic basement of the Lewisian complex. The contact with the overlying Glenfinnan Group of the Loch Ness...12 KB (1,395 words) - 05:20, 24 June 2024
the northern outpost of the Caledonian orogeny and there are outcrops of Lewisian, Dalradian and Moine metamorphic rocks with similar histories to their...29 KB (2,950 words) - 20:22, 13 August 2024
Group Hebrides Colonsay Group Great Estuarine Group Hebridean Terrane Lewisian complex Lorne plateau lavas Moine Supergroup Moine Thrust Belt Mull Rhinns...54 KB (6,383 words) - 23:44, 17 September 2024
- From Lewis + -ian. Lewisian (comparative more Lewisian, superlative most Lewisian) Of or relating to C. S. Lewis (1898–1963), writer and theologian, known
- Some of the materials of these rocks were derived from the underlying Lewisian gneiss, upon the uneven surface of which they rest; but the bulk of the