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Northeast slope, Pizzo dell'Arzo, Cavagnöö Glacier (Cavagnoli Glacier; Cavagnöö area; Cavagnoli area), Robièi (Alpe di Robièi; Lake Robièi area), Bavona Valley, Cevio, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland


Locality type:Slope
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Type:Gneiss
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Validity:Believed Valid
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Mineral Data:Click here to view Gneiss data
Locality Data:Click here to view Northeast slope, Pizzo dell'Arzo, Cavagnöö Glacier (Cavagnoli Glacier; Cavagnöö area; Cavagnoli area), Robièi (Alpe di Robièi; Lake Robièi area), Bavona Valley, Cevio, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1385295
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1385295:3
GUID (UUID V4):dfdf7872-2483-4c82-bb8a-aebc7ff41065
Nearest other occurrences of Gneiss
0.3km (0.2 miles) Pizzo dell'Arzo, Cavagnöö Glacier (Cavagnoli Glacier; Cavagnöö area; Cavagnoli area), Robièi (Alpe di Robièi; Lake Robièi area), Bavona Valley, Cevio, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland
1.3km (0.8 miles) Lake Cavagnoli (Lake Cavagnöö), Cavagnöö Glacier (Cavagnoli Glacier; Cavagnöö area; Cavagnoli area), Robièi (Alpe di Robièi; Lake Robièi area), Bavona Valley, Cevio, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland
1.4km (0.9 miles) Lake Matörgn, Robièi (Alpe di Robièi; Lake Robièi area), Bavona Valley, Cevio, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland
2.1km (1.3 miles) Pizzo Fiorina east slope, Robièi (Alpe di Robièi; Lake Robièi area), Bavona Valley, Cevio, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland
2.7km (1.7 miles) Lake Sfundau, Robièi (Alpe di Robièi; Lake Robièi area), Bavona Valley, Cevio, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland
15.3km (9.5 miles) Monte Minoia west slope, Devero Alp, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
19.3km (12.0 miles) Gneiss quarries, Riveo, Maggia, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland
20.8km (12.9 miles) Lärchultini, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
22.6km (14.0 miles) Gorb, Lärchultini, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
23.5km (14.6 miles) Zinggenlücke cleft, Tierberge, Oberaar lake area, Guttannen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Bern, Switzerland
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Book
known in 1887 as the Yale Farm, about two miles northeast of the town of Litchfield, where a mass of white...is not common in the metasedimentary rocks of the area which host these species, but "reasonably good"...Mi11eml Discm•t•ries, /960--20/ 5 ONTARIO Bentley Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County...vein-dike digging site which they called the Bentley Lake Road occurrence, south of Bancroft. Sharp, flattened...( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite
Book
Eagle sandstone, Telegraph Cree 58 =| Tertiary valley fill a olite, welded ash, basalt of 2nd rd volcanic...Yellowstone Country Goaterian | Recent | glacial, lake deposits SN 244 ; Representative formation Lu...: | S BS 4700) : Bighorn Dolomite Granite, gneiss, schist, amphibolite gabbro dikes, pegmetite of...this a useful guide for their first visit to the area, or for leading students on field trips. It was...concentrate on the detail of geology in the northern area of Yellowstone Park—not because the geology to the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
............................................... Area Studied...........................................and around the Saucon valley, marks the 500-foot contour, and includes the lake formed by the damming...damming of the waters of the Lehigh by the glacier. The legend on the map describes the various forms of cross-section...and it is only as it nears the Delaware that the slope of the bed becomes great. This m ust be remembered...those in the Durham valley and in the sm all valley just north of it. In the great valley a divide from Topton
Report (issue)
MASSACHUSETTS. By WILLIAM C. AIDEN. INTRODUCTION. The area described in this paper lies mainly in central Massachusetts...Connecticut Valley on the west to the lowlands of Middlesex County on the east (fig. 1). The area is about...these maps were combined into two covering the same area on a scale of 1:125,000, or approximately 2 miles...writer's examination of the surficial geology of this area was designed to be supplementary to the work of...results of his own studies of the western part of this area and of the Holyoke quadrangle, which lies immediately
Report (volume)
__ Blasher______________-_.____________________ Lake. _____________._..__________________________ 90...____________________________________ 119 120 120 120 Glacier. ______________..._______________ Index ______...slopes below an altitude of 3,000 feet, Salmon River Valley-----8 5. A, Mountains of Coast Range on west side...View of valley of Salmon River____ 8 6. A, Valley of West Fork of Texas Creek below Casey Glacier; B, Head...Head of Hidden Glacier.____________._____ 8 7. A, Foot of Salmon Glacier and tunnel from which Salmon
Report (issue)
....................... Page. 9 10 10 Central area- ................................. 10 Central...West slope from Shell Greek to Tensleep Canyon.................................... 99 West slope from...Powder River............................. 101 East slope adjoining Buffalo Creek................................... II. Map of portion of Wyoming, showing area treated in this report........................ III...of Bighorn Mountains; B, The granite slope rising above valley of Deadwood shales, east side of Bighorn
Report (issue)
the Eastern Part of the Alaska Range and Adjacent Area GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 989-D "Geology...investigations and drawn together his vast knowledge of this area, which heretofore appeared in many Survey bulletins...foundation for this report, and future students of this area will be ever grateful for the time and effort which...additional area that includes part of the Wrangell Mountains and the upper Copper River valley. The Alaska...and in degree of inetamorphisin from schist or gneiss to unaltered rock. The. oldest and most highly
Report (issue)
Pleistocene Geology of the Northeast Adirondack Region, New York GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...PAPER 786 Pleistocene Geology of the Northeast Adirondack Region, New York By CHARLES S. DENNY GEOLOGICAL...raines in the Saranac Valley --------------Moraines in the Great Chazy Valley ----------Spillways on...History of deglaciation --------------------------Loon Lake Episode (1) ----------------------Owls Head-Redford...-------------Volume --------------------------------Lake Vermont ------~-----------------------­ Coveville
Report (issue)
......................... Position of Hubbard Glacier front i n 1792 and 1794..........................32 33 33 4 CONTENTS . CHAPTER IV . Existing valley glaciers...................................................................................... Glacier highways.............................................................. Glacier termini ........... . . . Alpine type of valley glaciers....................................................... Turner Glacier ..............................................
Book (volume)
OF A N ICESHEET. The formation and movement of glacier ice. ...... The snow field. Inauguration of movement...movement. Limits of movement. Ice sheets versus valley glaciers. The North American ice sheets. Centers......... 50 Erosion by glacier ice. ........................... Nature of glacier motion. ...............Beyond the edge of the ice. on land. .......... Valley trains. ........................... Morainic plains...Changes while the ice was on. .................... I47 Lake Passaic. ............................... 151 Other
Book
the Continental Divide Yellowhead Lake Mt. Fitzwilliam Moose Lake Mt. Robson Selwyn Range THE YELLOWHEAD...ranges River Rock and Cold Sulphur Spring Jasper Lake Roche Miette Roche a Perdrix The mountain front... THE MALIGNE VALLEY @ @ @ Maligne Canyon Maligne River and Medicine Lake Maligne Lake The Skyline Trail...Viewpoint @ Mount Kitchener Viewpoint Athabasca Glacier and the Columbia lcef,eld Sunwapta Pass and Nigel...GEOLOGICAL INTEREST @ @ @ @ ® ® Jasper townsite area Marmot Mountain Pyramid Mountain Old Fort Point
Book
(1J.. Chimney Pond Trail 265 Maine 159 and Grand Lake Road: Patten-Baxter State Park 267 Northern Maine...ancient North America. sea level St. Lawrence River valley Green Mins.Sutton Mins. Bronson HillLobster Min...central Vermont, in southern Quebec, and in a small area of northwestern Maine; it is known as the Baie Verte-Brampton...ago, another largl' basin called the Connecti.cut Valley-Gaspe trough started growing. A rift with new ocean... shortly thereafter the floor of the Connecticut Valley-Gaspe trough sank beneath the Piscataquis volcanic
Report (volume)
completely inundated the 1-mile-wide Drift River valley and flowed 25 miles to enter the sea. The largest...Geochemistry of lithologic units, Fortymile River study area, east-central Alaska By Bruce M. Gamble, Warren...with the Adria-Europe suture zone (AESZ) of Switzerland and Hungary. The study develops the hypothesis...Further, low thermal alteration indices of this area have made them a potential target of petroleum exploration...assemblages and peat from sediments collected in Tern Lake and presents a minimum age for deglaciation of these
Report (issue)
completely inundated the 1-mile-wide Drift River valley and flowed 25 miles to enter the sea. The largest...Geochemistry of lithologic units, Fortymile River study area, east-central Alaska By Bruce M. Gamble, Warren...with the Adria-Europe suture zone (AESZ) of Switzerland and Hungary. The study develops the hypothesis...Further, low thermal alteration indices of this area have made them a potential target of petroleum exploration...assemblages and peat from sediments collected in Tern Lake and presents a minimum age for deglaciation of these
Report (volume)
completely inundated the 1-mile-wide Drift River valley and flowed 25 miles to enter the sea. The largest...Geochemistry of lithologic units, Fortymile River study area, east-central Alaska By Bruce M. Gamble, Warren...with the Adria-Europe suture zone (AESZ) of Switzerland and Hungary. The study develops the hypothesis...Further, low thermal alteration indices of this area have made them a potential target of petroleum exploration...assemblages and peat from sediments collected in Tern Lake and presents a minimum age for deglaciation of these
Report (issue)
should include report or a topographic map of the area. The strati- the name of the State and the number... 22 dune-dammed__________ Oreg. 2, 3; Wash. 6 glacier-Qammed_____ ___ _ Alaska 23, 28 kettle_________________..._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Patterned ground abandoned lake floor_ _ _ _ active ___ ____________ _ alluvial...Iowa 1, 3; N.Dak. 1, 2; Minn. 1; Mont. 5, 6, 11, 12 lake. See Pleistocene lakes. sand. See Outwash plains...of photograph 1 B, a steep northeast-facing scarp with a gentle back slope 4-5 miles long forms a belt
Book
geologic time 25 Radiometric age determinations Di, An illustration of dating problems 11 Processes...Snake River The geologic framework 200 Crater Lake and Mount 250 snake river country Idaho geography...model for Late Cenozoic deformation 189 Lonely Glacier Peak 241 Lava caves and tree casts 188 The...geology 4-6 Ocean ridge segments and earthquakes Lake beds along the Columbia River, 4-7 The primary... 2-2 Craters of the Moon 5-4 Okanogan 2-3 Gneiss in the Coast Mountains, 5-5 Regional offshore
Book (edition)
Features 154 Geologic History 159 13. Cuyahoga Valley National Park by David B. Hacker 163 Geographic...Geologic Features 130 Geologic History 134 11. Kobuk Valley National Park Geographic Setting 140 Geologic Features...Wasting Features vi Contents 26. Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park 357 Geographic Setting...Erosion ¢ Glacial Deposition ¢ Avalanche Chutes ¢ Glacier Recession ¢ The Belt Supergroup * Igneous Sill...Structures ¢ The Shaping of the Olympic Landscape CH Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve 437 Geographic Setting
Report (issue)
finely dissected New England Uplands* The study area lies along the midreach of the Housatonic River...Hudson-Chaxnplain Valley ice lobe successively overran ridges trending northeast-to-southwest. Late...Wisconsin southeast ice flow was in the study area* consistently toward the Glacial erosion on........... 23 Previous Work Applicable to Study Area ............... 25 Techniques. .................Application o£ Deglaciation Criteria to the Study Area. ......... 78 Introduction. ............... 78
Book
the Jura-Cretaceous Kootenay Group, Crowsnest Pass Area, Alberta and British Columbia. Lead-Zinc and Copper-Zinc...THE JURA-CRETACEOUS KOOTENAY GROUP, CROWSNEST PASS AREA, ALBERTA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA by D.W. Gibson1 and...Participants on the field trip to the Crowsnest Pass area of Alberta and British Columbia will have an opportunity...feature in the area of the field trip, can be traced from northwestern Montana to the Banff area, west of Calgary...minimum displacement of 51 km in the Crows¬ nest Pass area (Price 1965). We will examine Kootenay strata in
Report (issue)
Location and extent of the region Topographic maps Area surveyed in preparation for this report General...Ridgway glacial epoch Telluride conglomerate epoch Lake Fork and San Juan volcanic epochs Silverton volcanic...Wisconsin glaciation Extent and nature of glaciers Valley glaciers of the Wisconsin stage Small glaciers...Torrential wash Compound alluvial fans of San Luis Valley Modern alluvium CHAPTER 8. Utilization of the San...Mountains; B, Mount Wilso 10 b. A, Mesa Verde from the northeast; B, Sneffels Peak 10 6. A, La Plata sandstone;
Book (volume)
National Monument Channel Islands National Park Crater Lake National Park Devils Postpile National Monument...mountain ranges parallel nearby coasts (witness the area covered by this book), how great granite-cored ranges...FAULTED PLATEAU FAULTED INTERIOR RIFT RANGE VALLEY 9 INTERIOR PLAINS THICK CONTINENTAL CRUST Sh...ere| ©%/p WOOD CNSR ENON SEQUOIA SEITE CRATER LAKE LASSEN VOLCANIC MOUNT RAINIER YELLOWSTONE CRATERS...CANYON GRAND ZION BIG BEND GLACIER GUADALUPE MTS ROCKY MOUNTAIN DEATH VALLEY GREAT SAND DUNES BADLANDS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
oval which extends southeasterly from Yellowstone Valley above Livingston to the canyon of the Clark Fork...30 miles south of its central portion, northeast of the northeast corner of Yellowstone Park. The boundary...ARTHUR BE VAN the flattish and slope, extensive front, southwest on area plains-ward glaciated abrupt the...of remnants part plateau central slope. the summit of map northeast plateau, the on sub-summit valleys...few thousand feet above the Great Plains on the northeast. The 6,000-foot contour almost everywhere follows
Book
published in 1985 with his map of the McMurdo Sound area of Antarctica. We are pleased to republish these...resulting meltwater collects in lakes and ponds on the valley floors. In spite of the harsh climate that characterizes...Determinations of Basement Rocks of the Terra-Nova-Bay Area............................................................................. 5.5.2 Shackleton Glacier Area................................................................................ 6.4 Scott Glacier Area............................................
Book (edition)
largest proportion of land is the north-temperate, the area equalling that of the water while it is only one-third...62° S., has an area of 62,000,000 square miles, or nine and a half millions beyond the area of all the continents...depression. (a.) Outline. The oceanic depressunken area, varying in depth from 1000 or less to, a vast...coasts is shown by the dotted line on the chart. The slope for the 80 miles is only 1 foot in 700. ; Great...South America. The oriental lands have one great area on the north, comprising Europe and Asia combined
 
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