Look up: facies

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   facies
   Latin, meaning: face, visage, countenance / aspect, appearance, look, condition.
   Found on http://archives.nd.edu/fff.htm
   
   
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   Facies
   The sum total of features such as sedimentary rock type, MINERAL content, SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES, BEDDING characteristics, fossil content, etc. which characterise a sediment as having been deposited in a given environment.
   Found on http://www.csc.noaa.gov/text/glossary.ht
   
   
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   Facies
   Geological term describing the composition and characteristics of a rock formation.
   Found on http://www.anson.co.uk/oilfield_glossary
   
   
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   Facies
   Group of metamorphic rocks formed under a particular set of physical conditions from any rock type. Rocks of the greenschist, amphibolite and granulite facies are all formed at moderate pressures (depths of 10 - 30km), but at low, medium and high temperatures respectively.
   Found on http://www.quartznall.co.uk/glossery.htm
   
   
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   facies
   sedimentological description of rock;
   Found on http://www.maxpetroleum.com/GLOSSARY.asp
   
   
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   Facies
   Facies: A direct borrowing from the Latin, facies means face.
   Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.
   
   
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   facies
   a) Braun-Blanquet`s term for a local modification of an association, generally of small extent, characterised by great (but sometimes temporary) abundance of some one species; b) Clements` term for the seral equivalent of his faciation Category: Botany and zoology
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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   Facies
   Fa'ci·es noun [ Latin , from, face. See Face .] 1. The anterior part of the head; the face. 2. (Biol.) The general aspect or habit of a species, or group of species, esp. with reference to its adaptation to its environment. 3. (Zoology) The face of a bird, or the front of the head, excluding the bill. Facies Hippocratica . (Medicine)
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/1
   
   
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   facies
   <clinical sign> Expression or appearance of the face. Some disease states or genetic disorders have characteristic facies. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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    Facies
    The term `facies` was introduced by the Swiss geologist Amanz Gressly in 1838 and was part of his significant contribution to the foundations of modern stratigraphy (see Cross and Homewood 1997), which replaced the earlier notions of Neptunism.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facies
    
    
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    facies
    (fa´she-ēz) pl. fa´cies Latin word meaning face. a specific surface of a body structure, part, or organ. the expression or appearance of the face.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns
    
    
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    Facies
    • (n.) The face of a bird, or the front of the head, excluding the bill. • (n.) The anterior part of the head; the face. • (n.) The general aspect or habit of a species, or group of species, esp. with reference to its adaptation to its environment.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning