The processes that creates gneiss can recreate normal granite if carried on long enough, and gneiss can also form from gabbro or shale. Schist and quartzite may be formed alongside gneiss, along with other types of metamorphic rock formed from igneous rocks. Gneiss is very common and actually forms the majority of the Earth's lower crust, so any deep tunneling encounters gneiss.
Inventoried roadless area. Inventoried Roadless Areas are a group of United States Forest Service lands that have been identified by government reviews as lands without existing roads that could be suitable for roadless area conservation as wilderness or other non-standard protections.
Median strip. The median strip or central reservation is the reserved area that separates opposing lanes of traffic on divided roadways, such as divided highways, dual carriageways, freeways, and motorways. The term also applies to divided roadways other than highways, such as some major streets in urban or suburban areas. The reserved area may simply be paved, but commonly it is adapted to other functions; for example, it may accommodate decorative landscaping, trees, a median barrier or railway, light rail