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Things facies often describes ("facies ________")
- sandstones
- deposits
- series
- zone
- conditions
- recrystallization
- indicator
- material
- assemblages
- migmatites
- gneisses
- boundary
- relationship
- alteration
- overprinting
- maps
- stage
- anorthosites
- mafic
- xenoliths
- unit
- terrains
- retrogression
- schists
- overprint
- grade
- crust
- model
- sequence
- samples
- rock
- fossil
- assemblage
- gneiss
- regions
- belt
- units
- formation
- rocks
- change
- map
- sediments
- sandstone
- pattern
- peridotites
- analysis
- transition
- minerals
- zones
- microbiota
- terranes
- association
- basement
- boundaries
- equivalent
- metasediments
- metamorphism
- formations
- terrain
- microbiotas
- terrane
- region
- mineralogy
- mylonites
- event
How facies often is described ("________ facies")
- regional
- upper
- alluvial
- shallow
- distinct
- masklike
- red
- shelly
- organic
- continental
- grained
- sub
- volcanic
- shaly
- mongoloid
- unusual
- reef
- similar
- mixed
- bedded
- called
- deep
- arenaceous
- littoral
- lower
- transitional
- basinal
- expressionless
- characteristic
- seismic
- neritic
- flat
- normal
- proximal
- massive
- schist
- lithologic
- eastern
- northern
- pelagic
- peculiar
- laminated
- marginal
- coastal
- lagoonal
- fluvial
- bearing
- marine
- nearshore
- deeper
- distal
- green
- granulite
- marly
- sandy
- calcareous
- pumpellyite
- abnormal
- distinctive
- myopathic
- sedimentary
- deltaic
- like
- dysmorphic
- leonine
- lacustrine
- clastic
- associated
- amphibolite
- typical
- muddy
- rich
- different
- tidal
- coarse
- metamorphic
- plain
- southern
- greenschist
- hippocratic
- conglomeratic
- depositional
