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Mount Olympus (Cyprus)
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highland warm-summer mediterranean climate. Mount Olympus is formed of ultramafic rock, dominantly serpentinized harzburgite which is part of the TroodosList of rock types (2,218 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
pyroxenePages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback – An ultramafic rock, essentially a peridotite Monzogranite – Biotite granite rocks thatMount Eddy (450 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
United States Forest Service. The mountain is composed of mesozoic ultramafic rock, predominantly serpentinized peridotite. The summit rises to an elevationKola Alkaline Province (373 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Arkhangelsk Oblast across the White Sea. The province is made up of alkaline-ultramafic rock complexes often associated to carbonatites and stand-alone dykes andTongbaite (102 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Henan Province, China and named for the locality. It occurs in an ultramafic rock deposit. It has also been found in the Tibet Autonomous Region andSerpentinization (3,139 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ferromagnesian minerals, such as olivine and pyroxene, in mafic and ultramafic rock to produce serpentinite. Minerals formed by serpentinization includeSan Benito Mountain (857 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
feet (1,605 m). The rock is composed of asbestos (chrysotile), an ultramafic rock. It weathers to produce serpentine soils with characteristically lowDubakella (354 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
name given to a reddish-brown stony loam soil which has developed on ultramafic rock containing magnesium minerals such as serpentine or asbestos. ThisList of ophiolites (1,337 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Ophiolites are sequences of mafic to ultramafic rock generally believed to represent ancient oceanic lithosphere. They are distributed all across theMetamorphic rock (4,414 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
classified similarly to igneous rocks, by silica content, from meta-ultramafic-rock (which is very low in silica) to metafelsic-rock (with a high silicaGreat Dyke (1,253 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
influenced by the underlying bedrock. Shallow, infertile Lithosols over ultramafic rock dominate the northern and southern ends. Best for agriculture are thoseCamissonia benitensis (2,193 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
some populations of Camissonia benitensis occur. Serpentine is an ultramafic rock. It weathers to produce soils with characteristically low levels ofMont Rougemont (225 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
cider. The igneous material is composed almost entirely of mafic and ultramafic rock such as gabbro and olivine-bearing pyroxenite. Mont Rougemont mightTalc carbonate (618 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
metamorphic assemblages. Thus, the MgO content of a metamorphosed ultramafic rock can be estimated by understanding the mineral assemblage of the rockDun Mountain-Maitai Terrane (747 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Vegetation change from the Dun Mountain Ophiolite Belt ultramafic rock (left) to mafic and sedimentary rock on the right.Cypress Island (969 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
with public state park facilities. Most of the island is underlain by ultramafic rock such as serpentinite, which provides a poor balance of nutrients toGreenstone belt (1,366 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sediment contained within greenstone belts has risen, and the amount of ultramafic rock (either as layered intrusions or as volcanic komatiite) has decreasedÉtang de Lers (71 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is a natural lake in the Ariège department (France). Lherzolite, an ultramafic rock, has its type locality at Étang de Lers. The name is derived from theTwin Sisters Mountain (661 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Twin Sisters Mountain is composed of relatively unaltered dunite, an ultramafic rock that is mostly olivine. The Twin Sisters Range is a massive slab ofElaeocarpus inopinatus (168 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
northwestern side of Mount Kinabalu. It grows in scrubby forest over ultramafic rock between 1,500 and 1,700 meters elevation. The species' estimated areaAraucaria (1,790 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
they are to other Araucaria. Much of New Caledonia is composed of ultramafic rock with serpentine soils, with low levels of nutrients, but high levelsMelaleuca brongniartii (325 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
watercourses, areas that are subject to flooding and in lateritic soils on ultramafic rock. "Melaleuca brongniartii". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25Phacelia dalesiana (413 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
among the phacelias, and probably a relict persisting in areas of ultramafic rock substrate in a small section of the Siskiyou-Trinity Mountains. "PhaceliaAlyssum serpyllifolium (659 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
hyperaccumulator, it mainly absorbs high levels of nickel because of the ultramafic rock found in its environment. "Alyssum serpyllifolium Desf". Plants ofMelaleuca pancheri (424 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and 700 m (300 and 2,000 ft) growing in deep lateritic soils over ultramafic rock. "Melaleuca pancheri". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 SeptemberGros Morne National Park (1,510 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a barren desert than traditional Newfoundland. This is due to the ultramafic rock – peridotite – which makes up the Tablelands. It is thought to originateMelaleuca brevisepala (355 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Grande Terre. It grows in maquis in loose, eroded laterite and soil on ultramafic rock. "Melaleuca brevisepala". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25Solomon Islands rain forests (2,079 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
limestone in the northern lowlands near Honiara. There are outcrops of ultramafic rock, rich in chromium and nickel, on five islands – at Santa Isabel's southernRainbow Vent Field (2,943 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
extensive faulting has uplifted gabbro and peridotite and exposed ultramafic rock to cold seawater. Faulting may also be responsible for magnitude 3Planchonella reticulata (294 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of Pines. It grows in shrubland (maquis) or dense humid forest over ultramafic rock from 5 to 960 metres elevation. Some authorities list the species asChaparral (4,112 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
adapted to nutrient-poor soils developed over serpentine and other ultramafic rock, with a high ratio of magnesium and iron to calcium and potassium,Travertine (4,380 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
calcium hydroxide (Ca+2 + 2OH−) produced during serpentinization of ultramafic rock. When this alkaline water reaches the surface, it absorbs carbon dioxideSwift Creek Landslide (1,338 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
from serpentinization, a hydration and metamorphic transformation of ultramafic rock from the Earth's mantle. The asbestos mineral that forms from thisMelaleuca buseana (409 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
dense, humid forest and maquis in loose, eroded gravel and soil on ultramafic rock. Amice, R.; Butin, J.-P.; Fleurot, D.; Garnier, D.; Goxe, J.; HequetPilot Knob (Austin, Texas) (1,688 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
igneous rocks contain rounded inclusions of spinel peridotite, an ultramafic rock that may represent fragments of the upper mantle incorporated intoFarmington Gabbro (860 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
500 km2 area. The complex contains evidence of felsic, mafic, and ultramafic rock types that have been metamorphosed (except farmington gabbro). TheLayered intrusion (2,462 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Cut drill core displaying massive sulfide within an ultramafic rock. The massive sulfide is primarily composed of pyrrhotite with trace amounts of chalcopyriteUltra-high-pressure metamorphism (3,643 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
quartzofeldspathic gneiss with a few percent mafic rock (eclogite) or ultramafic rock (garnet-bearing peridotite). Some include sedimentary or rift-volcanicEarth's crustal evolution (2,912 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
This would subsequently produce continents composed of komatiite, an ultramafic rock rich in magnesium with a high melting point and low dynamic viscosityHuangling Anticline (3,356 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
separated the South China Craton and Australia. Evidence includes the ultramafic rock types found in dikes in these two separate places having the same originNepenthes rajah (12,690 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
as a result. They often form a relatively thin layer over a base of ultramafic rock and are thus known as ultramafic soils. Ultramafic soils are thoughtMagmatism along strike-slip faults (4,846 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
active tectonic domain. Dredging of the ocean floor and recovered ultramafic rock samples provide insights to magma composition and formation. Magma