Definition of Granodiorites

1. Noun. (plural of granodiorite) ¹

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Definition of Granodiorites

1. granodiorite [n] - See also: granodiorite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Granodiorites

granny
granny's bonnets
granny-bashing
granny annexe
granny annexes
granny dumping
granny knot
granny knots
granny panties
granny shot
granny style
grannying
granoblastic
granocentric
granodiorite
granodiorites (current term)
granodioritic
granola
granola bar
granolas
granolith
granolithic
granoliths
granophyre
granophyres
granophyric
granpappies
granpappy
grans
grant

Literary usage of Granodiorites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"The granodiorites consist of two faciès, a fine-grained hornblende-bearing variety from ... These granodiorites differ from those found in the Sierra Nevada ..."

2. Geology and Ore Deposits of the Republic Mining District by Joseph Bertram Umpleby (1910)
"On lithologic grounds, however, it is thought that rocks of more than one age are present.3 granodiorites Distribution.—Great batholithic masses of ..."

3. Igneous Rocks and Their Origin by Reginald Aldworth Daly (1914)
"This is true, for example, for many localities in the Northern Andes, where granodiorites do not crop out. The authors of the many memoirs relating to the ..."

4. Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1913)
"... AND granodiorites Defining these rocks so as to include all quartzose ... from granodiorites by the relative amounts of orthoclase and lime-soda- ..."

5. Geologisches Zentralblatt (1908)
"The Osoyoos and Remmel granodiorites have been extensively metamorphosed by orogenic ... The granodiorites have been locally, though on a large scale, ..."

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