A metamorphic facies is a set of mineral assemblages in metamorphic rocks formed under similar pressures and temperatures. The assemblage is typical of... 13 KB (1,402 words) - 19:59, 8 February 2024 |
Metamorphism (redirect from Metamorphic aureole) amphibolite facies of a marble will not be identical with the amphibolite facies of a pellite. However, the facies are defined such that metamorphic rock with... 51 KB (5,770 words) - 16:24, 2 May 2024 |
Greenschist (redirect from Greenschist Facies) prehnite-pumpellyite facies and higher temperatures overlap with and include sub-amphibolite facies. If burial continues along Barrovian Sequence metamorphic trajectories... 11 KB (1,151 words) - 01:19, 23 February 2024 |
Subduction zone metamorphism (redirect from Metamorphic Facies of Subduction Zones) margins, paired metamorphic belts are further extended to two contrasting metamorphic facies series: one is blueschist to eclogite facies series that was... 19 KB (2,315 words) - 22:30, 2 March 2024 |
Hornfels (redirect from Hornfels Facies) sometimes takes place. The hornfels facies is the metamorphic facies which occupies the lowest pressure portion of the metamorphic pressure-temperature space.... 17 KB (2,161 words) - 07:56, 10 December 2023 |
Granulite (redirect from Granulite Facies) Granulites are a class of high-grade metamorphic rocks of the granulite facies that have experienced high-temperature and moderate-pressure metamorphism... 12 KB (1,505 words) - 01:21, 4 January 2024 |
Amphibolite (redirect from Amphibolite Facies) Amphibolite facies is usually a product of Barrovian Facies Sequence or advanced Abukuma Facies Sequence metamorphic trajectories. Amphibolite facies is a result... 9 KB (1,012 words) - 14:30, 9 January 2024 |
Pelite (section Barrovian facies series) and early 1900s, George Barrow discovered the classic Barrovian-type metamorphic sequence in the southeastern Scottish Highlands. It represents a common... 6 KB (500 words) - 18:47, 22 July 2023 |
Blueschist (redirect from Glaucophane Schist Facies) New Caledonia. Continued subduction of blueschist facies oceanic crust will produce eclogite facies assemblages in metamorphosed basalt (garnet + omphacitic... 8 KB (818 words) - 01:11, 4 January 2024 |
Gneiss (redirect from Metamorphic differentiation) regional metamorphism that reaches the middle amphibolite to granulite metamorphic facies. In other words, the rock was metamorphosed at a temperature in excess... 19 KB (2,003 words) - 00:13, 21 December 2023 |
Pressure-temperature-time path (category Metamorphic petrology) challenging. Metamorphic facies is a classification system first introduced by Pentti Eskola in 1920 to classify particular metamorphic mineral assemblages... 64 KB (6,779 words) - 15:24, 6 January 2024 |
10 km. Each of these metamorphic facies is marked by the presence of a specific stable mineral assemblage, recording the metamorphic conditions undergone... 67 KB (8,274 words) - 01:09, 10 April 2024 |
facies is a metamorphic facies typical of subseafloor alteration of the oceanic crust around mid-ocean ridge spreading centres. It is a metamorphic grade... 1 KB (131 words) - 05:01, 17 September 2023 |
Phyllite (category Metamorphic rocks) classified as having formed through low-grade metamorphic conditions through regional metamorphism metamorphic facies. Phyllite has good fissility (a tendency... 3 KB (381 words) - 16:15, 15 February 2024 |
of the carbonate rock. Metamorphic rock naming can be based on protolith, mineral composition, texture, or metamorphic facies. Naming based on texture... 18 KB (1,880 words) - 16:39, 6 April 2024 |
They are dominated by calc-alkaline igneous rocks and high-T/low-P metamorphic facies series at high thermal gradients of >30 °C/km. There is a general... 38 KB (4,255 words) - 05:13, 8 April 2024 |
extension Metamorphic reaction, a chemical reaction that takes place during the geological process of metamorphism Metamorphic facies, a set of metamorphic mineral... 1,021 bytes (166 words) - 19:58, 29 September 2022 |
temperature, high pressure conditions are characterized by blueschist facies and eclogite facies. Common minerals include: lawsonite, garnet, glaucophane, coesite... 6 KB (683 words) - 12:31, 6 March 2024 |
Petrogenetic grid (category Metamorphic petrology) prehnite-pumpellyite facies to the granulite facies, as well as the blueschist facies and eclogite facies at higher pressures and the contact hornfels facies at lower... 6 KB (683 words) - 00:33, 19 August 2023 |
Wissahickon Formation (section Metamorphic grade) high metamorphic grade. The metamorphic facies, which is described as lower to upper amphibolite facies, implies a moderate to high metamorphic temperature... 5 KB (419 words) - 12:43, 17 June 2023 |
formation in the UK Greenschist, metamorphosed mafic volcanic rock and a metamorphic facies Elvan, a quartz-porphyry found in Cornwall, UK Greenstone, Ontario... 1 KB (219 words) - 10:19, 15 July 2023 |