Walther's law of facies, or simply Walther's law, named after the geologist Johannes Walther, states that the vertical succession of facies reflects lateral...

The Hippocratic facies (Latin: facies Hippocratica) is the change produced in the face recognisable as a medical sign known as facies and prognostic of...

Elfin (Elven) facies is the form of facies in which the patient has facial characteristics like those traditionally associated with elves. It is characterized...

"face". As a fifth declension noun, facies can be both singular and plural. Examples include: Hippocratic facies – eyes are sunken, temples collapsed...

Leonine facies is a facies that resembles that of a lion. It is seen in multiple conditions and has been classically described for lepromatous leprosy...

example) the amphibolite facies of a marble will not be identical with the amphibolite facies of a pelite. However, the facies are defined such that metamorphic...

Amphibolite facies is usually a product of Barrovian Facies Sequence or advanced Abukuma Facies Sequence metamorphic trajectories. Amphibolite facies is a result...

magmatic body (metasomatism) sometimes take place. The hornfels facies is the metamorphic facies which occupies the lowest pressure portion of the metamorphic...

(especially corticosteroids), which has led to it being known as Cushingoid facies. Moon face is a type of corticosteroid-induced lipodystrophy along with...

Amanz Gressly in 1838. Analogous with these sedimentary facies a number of metamorphic facies were proposed in 1920 by Finnish petrologist Pentti Eskola...