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contact metamorphism — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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contact metamorphism

Scope: geology

Papers: 5 | Mentions: 9

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Knowledge graph centered on contact metamorphism with 70 nodes and 165 connections. Top connected: Spruce, Atriplex canescens, climate change, A brief review of the geology of the San Juan regi, groundwater storage dynamics.

Definition

Alteration of rocks by pressure and temperature conditions related to igneous intrusions that changes rock pore structure and mineralogy

Publications (8)

Variability in observed stable water isotopes in snowpack across a mountainous watershed in Colorado

2022Hydrological Processescontext

Variability in observed stable water isotopes in snowpack across a mountainous watershed in Colorado

2022Hydrological Processesprimary focus

Surface parameters and bedrock properties covary across a mountainous watershed: Insights from machine learning and geophysics

2022Science Advancescontext

Surface parameters and bedrock properties covary across a mountainous watershed: Insights from machine learning and geophysics

2022Science Advancesprimary focus

Contact Metamorphism of the Mancos Shale: Impacts on Solute Release and Weatherability in the East River Valley, Gothic, CO

Geology of part of the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico

Geology of part of the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico

1963measured variable

A brief review of the geology of the San Juan region of southwestern Colorado

Documents (1)

technical report

Mt. Emmons Project Pre-Feasibility Report

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process7 shared papers

hydraulic connectivity

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snowpack persistence

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elevation isotopic lapse rate

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geochemistry

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Frequently Associated Species

Spruce

Atriplex canescens

not mentioned3 papers

Endothyra sp.

Dibunophyllum sp.

Brachythyris? cf. altonensis

Lithostrotion aff. L. whitneyi

Beecheria sp.

Dialasma sp.

Piñon Pine

Fusulinella

1935context