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Since the Krasue is a popular subject in some places of Southeast Asia, especially in Thailand, there are even costumes, [78] dolls, [79] keyholders [80] and lamps [81] sold and worn in Krasue form. A Krasue features as the main antagonist of the 2013 horror game Eyes: The Horror Game. This interpretation shows the Krasue as a woman who was ...
This article discusses how rocks are formed. There are also articles on physical rock formations, rock layerings , and the formal naming of geologic formations. Terrestrial rocks are formed by three main mechanisms: Sedimentary rocks are formed through the gradual accumulation of sediments: for example, sand on a beach or mud on a river bed. As ...
Cratons of South America and Africa during the Triassic Period when the two continents were joined as part of the Pangea supercontinent. A craton (/ ˈ k r eɪ t ɒ n / KRAYT-on, / ˈ k r æ t ɒ n / KRAT-on, or / ˈ k r eɪ t ən / KRAY-tən; [1] [2] [3] from Ancient Greek: κράτος kratos "strength") is an old and stable part of the continental lithosphere, which consists of Earth's two ...
In the Paleoproterozoic (2.5-1.8 billion years ago) the continents collided and amalgamated and interacted with the supercontinent, creating belts of metamorphic rocks between the formerly separate parts. [5] The exact process of how the craton was formed is still under debate.
A shield is a large area of exposed Precambrian crystalline igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks that form tectonically stable areas. [1] These rocks are older than 570 million years and sometimes date back to around 2 to 3.5 billion years.
Sail Rock, or Parus Rock (Russian: скала́ Па́рус, skala Parus), is a natural sandstone monolith of late Cretaceous age [1] located on the shore of the Black Sea, in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
The Siberian craton formed in the Precambrian and is largely covered by sedimentary and volcanic rocks of more recent age. Precambrian rocks are exposed in two distinct uplifts, the Anabar massif in the northeast and the Aldanian shield in the southeast. [19] Other basement outcrops include Olenyok, Sharyzhalgay and the raised Southern Yenisei ...
Suevite from the Nördlinger Ries impact crater (type locality) Portal to the town hall's stairway made of suevite in Nördlingen, Germany. Suevite is a rock consisting partly of melted material, typically forming a breccia containing glass and crystal or lithic fragments, formed during an impact event.