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Definition of Schistose
1. a. Of or pertaining to schist; having the structure of a schist.
Definition of Schistose
1. Adjective. (geology) Of or relating to schist. ¹
2. Adjective. (geology) Having the character of schist. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Schistose
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Schistose
Literary usage of Schistose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Rocks, Rock-weathering and Soils by George Perkins Merrill (1897)
"The rocks of this group are characterized as a whole by ** pronounced schistose
structure, due to the parallel arrangement of the various constituents, ..."
2. Structural and Field Geology for Students of Pure and Applied Science by James Geikie (1910)
"METAMORPHIC ROCKS A. schistose Rocks THE rocks of this great class are for the
... In all these respects the foliation of a schistose rock differs markedly ..."
3. Geology by Alexander Henry Green (1882)
"Intrusive schistose Rocks.—The evidence already given would seem to show that in
many cases crystalline Schists have undoubtedly been formed by the ..."
4. Stones for Building and Decoration by George Perkins Merrill (1891)
"schistose, OR FOLIATED ROCKS. (l) THE GNEISSES. The gneisses, as already noted,
have essentially the same composition as do the granites, from which they ..."
5. Stones for Building and Decoration by George Perkins Merrill (1891)
"The gneisses, as already noted, have essentially the same composition as do the
granites, from which they differ mainly in their foliated or schistose ..."
6. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1903)
"Even without this guiding influence, superheated water can, to a certain extent,
produce a schistose structure, parallel to its bounding surfaces, ..."
7. Petralogy. A Treatise on Rocks by John Pinkerton (1811)
"schistose KERALITE AND LIME-STONE. ... This seems chiefly to happen where the
primitive lime-stone joins the schistose keralite. ..."
8. Report on the Geology and Resources of the Region in the Vicinity of the by George Mercer Dawson (1875)
"... belt — schistose rocks — Second Conglomerate belt—Second schistose ...
belt—Conglomerate of Lacrosse Island— Extensive schistose belt with some ..."
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