English

Noun

1. facial features, like an expression or complexion, typical for patients having certain diseases or conditions (e.g. costive facies).

The term "Facies" can also refer to distinctive facial expressions associated with conditions such as Williams syndrome.

• Metamorphic Rock
• Palynofacies
• Sequence stratigraphy
• Stratum

References

• Cross, T. A. and Homewood, P. W., (1997), Amanz Gressly's role in founding modern stratigraphy. Geological Society of America Bulletin 109 (12) 1617-1630.

• Reading, H. G. (Ed.), (1996), Sedimentary Environments and Facies. Blackwell Scientific Publications. ISBN 0-632-03627-3

• Stanley, Steven M. Earth System History. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1999. ISBN 0-7167-2882-6