URI prefLabel Definition Source http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/bed_lithosome bed lithosome Lithosome in lithostratigraphic unit that occurs as individual beds interleaved with other constituents on the outcrop (m) scale or larger. This vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/blocks blocks Geologic unit constituent is present as masses with generally sharp boundaries and block-like geometry within a matrix of some other material emplaced by processes at the earth's surface--e.g. volcanic eruption or mass wasting. Implication is that blocks were derived from the same source geologic unit and emplaced in the described unit. This vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/concretion concretion "Hard, compact mass or aggregate of mineral matter, normally subsperical but commonly oblate, disc-shaped or irregular. Formed from precipitation from solution about a nucleus or centre. Use as a geologic unit part should be restricted to concretions that are too large to consider as constituents in the rock material that composes the unit." Neuendorf et al. 2005 http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/cyclic_bedding_package cyclic bedding package "Lithosome characterized by an internal sequence of units, which is repeated in a stacked sequence, e.g. fining-upward sequence, thickening upward sequence, bouma sequence." This vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/enclave enclave General term for a polymineralic aggregate enclosed in a granitoid. "Cobbing, 2000, Barbarin, 1991" http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/facies facies "Represents a particular body of rock that is a lateral variant of a lithostratigraphic unit, or a variant of a lithodemic unit. Contrast with lithosome in being a particular, connected body of rock, as opposed to a kind of rock body that is repeated in many places in a unit." This vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/geologic_unit_matrix geologic unit matrix "Lithosome in a geologic unit that is generally interstitial to other constituents, e.g. in a mass wasting deposit, melange, tuff breccia." This vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/inclusion inclusion Geologic unit constituent is present as masses with generally sharp boundaries enclosed within a matrix of some other material. This vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/irregular_lithosome irregular lithosome lithosome in a mixed/heterogeneous lithodemic unit that occurs in irregular bodies within unit This vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/layer_lithosome layer lithosome lithosome in igneous or metamorphic geologic unit that occurs as layers alternating with other constituents. This vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/lenticular_lithosome lenticular lithosome "lithosome occurs as discrete lense-shaped bodies, not connected with other bodies." This vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/lithosome lithosome "A kind of rock body that has multiple occurrences in a single geologic unit. A mass of rock of uniform character, characterized by geometry, composition, and internal structure. Generally denotes rock mass that is the product of a particular rock forming process or related sequence of processes in the containing unit. Example--bouma sequence, point bar sequence. A particular lithosome may be characterized by the presence of blocks, but blocks are not treated as kinds of lithosome because the internal character of the blocks is determined by a separate genetic sequence from the described unit. This vocabulary generalizes the concept defined in Neuendorf et al 2005 to include bodies of igneous or metamorphic rock as well as sedimentary rock. NADM SLTTs (2004) used the term 'lithotope' with similar meaning for sedimentary rocks." This vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/marker_bed marker bed Stratigraphic part that is a thin laterally continuous bed within another unit. This vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/only_part only part entire described unit consists of a single part or constituent This vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/part_of part of The geologic unit part role is not known in any greater detail. Inclusion of Only_part as a separate concept implies that this concept is the equivalent of 'proper part' in mereology. This vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/pendants pendants "A block of wall rock material in an igneous intrusion. Pendants become xenoliths as the dimension becomes smaller than about 10 m in their longest dimension. Although term pendant has connotation of being suspended or supported from above, this is rarely demonstrable in geologic situations, and the concept here does not require connection to the wall of the containing intrusion." Base on Neuendorf et al 2005 http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/rafts rafts Pendants of pre-intrusive country rock in intrusive igneous matrix that have large horizontal extent relative to their thickness This vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/roof_pendant roof pendant Pendant that is demonstrably derived from the upper boundary of an igneous body. Neuendorf et al 2005 http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/screen screen Pendant that is a vertical sheet like pendant in an intrusive igneous rock body. This vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/stratigraphic_part stratigraphic part A geologic unit part that occupies a particular stratigraphic position within a geologic unit. Part is a particular body of rock. This vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/tectonic_block tectonic block "The geologic unit part occurs as discrete masses with faulted boundaries, emplaced into the host unit by tectonic processes inside the earth, e.g. blocks in tectonic melange" This vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/unspecified_part_role unspecified part role "Geologic unit part with unspecified role, use in normative descriptions when any role is allowed." This vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/vein_or_dike_lithosome vein or dike lithosome "Lithosome occurs as intrusive, sheet-like bodies within the unit as an essential part of the unit." This vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/xenolith xenolith "Inclusion of pre-intrusive country rock in intrusive igneous matrix, cm to about 10 meter diameter in longest dimension. Use term pendant for larger blocks." "Neuendorf et al. 2005, Cobbing, 2000, This vocabulary"