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Earth Mat Flashcards - Ch 17

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equal diameters in all directions and assume forms approximated by spheres or cubes.

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Equant

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one direction in which the grain diameter is not equal to the other grain diameters

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Inequant

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A1 < A2,A3
What shape

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Tabular

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A1 > A2=/A3
What shape

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Bladed

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A1 > A2=A3
What shape

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Acicular

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What divides aphanitic and phaneritic

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Aphanitic < 1mm > Phaneritic

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are large relict grains from the protolith that have experienced deformation but have retained their original composition.

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Porphyroclasts

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In gneiss porhyroclasts, Felds and Qtz are

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Augen and Flaser

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are large grains that have experienced neocrystallization and growth in response to favorable temperature and pressure conditions during metamorphism.

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Porphyroblasts

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no orientation of inequant grain = no foliation

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Random grain orientation

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sub-parrallel inequant grain = foliations and lineations

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Preferred grain orientation

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On the basis of grain orientation, metamorphic rocks can be divided into two major groups:

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Rocks with non - foliated textures
Rocks with foliated textures

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commonly produced by dynamic metamorphism, contact metamorphism or burial metamorphism

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Non-foliated metamorphic rocks

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texture is a fine-grained (<1.0 mm diameter), non-foliated fabric that develops by contact metamorphism, producing a rock called hornfels

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Hornfelsic

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Hornfels develops in

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metamorphic aureoles, adjacent to igneous intrusions.

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textures are characterized by large (> 1.0 mm diameter) equant grains or large inequant crystals that lack preferred orientation

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Granoblastic

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textures occur in granulites, associated with

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deep burial (high PT)

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18
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common rocks with granoblastic textures

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Metaquartzite, marbles

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contain > 90% quartz and are derived from quartz - rich sandstone or chert protoliths

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Metaquartzites

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are granoblastic metamorphic rocks rich in calcite and/or dolomite.

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Marbles

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recrystallization of limestone or dolostone protoliths via

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dynamothermal, deep burial or contact metamorphism

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are granoblastic calc - silicate rocks formed by contact metamorphism of carbonate country rocks such as limestone or dolostone.

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Skarns , also known as tactites,

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23
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Metamorphic rocks with ____________are composed of fractured, angular particles that form in response to the brittle crushing of grains during deformation in upper crustal fault zones

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cataclastic textures

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Cataclastic rocks that lack cohesions are either _____(<2mm) or _____(>2mm)

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Breccia, Gouge

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are derived from metamorphism of sedimentary or igneous breccias

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Metabreccias

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26
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10-50% matrix cataclasite

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Protocataclasite

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50-90% matrix cataclasite

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Cataclasite

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90-100% matrix cataclasite

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Ultracataclasite

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Fault reactivations can be caused by

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cataclasites rupturing more easily than the host rock

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30
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are glassy rocks produced by high strain rates generating localized melting in fault zones

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Pseudotachylites

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are high strain rate cataclastic rocks created by the tremendous short - term stresses associated with extraterrestrial rock bodies impacting Earth

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Impactites

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that form as rocks locally melted from impact and showers down like droplets as it cools

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Glassy spherules called tektites

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that form due to the intense stresses that deform crystal structures

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Deformation lamellae

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34
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Coesite first discovered at

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Meteor crater, AZ

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are non-crystalline, high grade coals that form by heating, compressing and chemically altering bituminous coal.

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Anthracites

36
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are derived from conglomerate protoliths and contain sub - rounded to rounded relict clasts with diameters > 2 mm.

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Metaconglomerates

37
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form by the metamorphism of conglomerates and/or breccias in response to strong non - uniform stress during dynamothermal or dynamic metamorphism.

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Stretched pebble metaconglomerates

38
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Metamophosed pebbles/cobbles are

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short/flattened at Z strain, elongated at X strain direction

39
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are serpentine-rich metamorphic rocks that occur in non - foliated or foliated forms.

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Serpentinites

40
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Serpentinization is the where

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ol and px are hydrated to form serpentines

41
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are fine - grained rocks that form through the alteration of ultrabasic rocks, or magnesium - rich sedimentary rocks such as dolostone, by low temperature and low pressure hydrothermal fluids.

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Soapstones

42
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are green - colored rocks rich in silicate minerals that commonly include chlorite, epidote, prehnite, pumpellyite, talc, serpentine, actinolite and albite.

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Greenstones

43
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Many __________(sodium - rich basalt) and _____________(sodium - rich andesite) occur in greenstones.

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spilites; keratophyres

44
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Greenstone sequence (basal to surface)

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Metavolcanics (komatiites) and metabasalts
-> inter/silicic metavolcaninc and metavolcaniclastic
-> graywackes and chert.

45
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Greenstone belts commonly parallel _____________ containing rocks of granitic to dioritic composition metamorphosed at high temperatures and pressures

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granulite belts c

46
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Greenstone belts; Extensive km wide, Archean and Proterozoic cratons
Ex.

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Barberton Belt, S. Africa
Eastern Goldfields, W. Aus
Superior & Slave Cratons, NA
Sao Francisco Craton, Brazil

47
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Greenstone belt formed by

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Formed from H2O + CO2 metasomatism of B and UB rocks

48
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Why are greenstone belts uncommon in the Phanerozoic Eon?

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related to lower geothermal gradients in the Phanerozoic as well as changes in plate tectonics
Precambrian metamorphism = high grade in shallow depths; prevention of deep subduction

49
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are dark - colored rocks composed largely of amphiboles, such as hornblende, and plagioclase

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Amphibolites

50
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Amphibolite from basic Igni protolith

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Ortho-Amphibolites

51
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Amphibolite from sedimentary protolith

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Para-amphibolites

52
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metamorphism in granulites

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(>800°C) and high pressure (> 10 kbar; ~ 33 km depth) metamorphism

53
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High density of ___________ may drive subduction (slab-pull effect)

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eclogite

54
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are very high pressure, high temperaturerocks that develop principally from basalt/gabbro protoliths.

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Eclogites

55
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are fine - grained, aluminum - rich, pelitic rocks that possess fl at, planar cleavage.

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Slates

56
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________ ° C, slates are transformed to Phyllite

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250

57
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In the case of slates, which minerals are stable in low temps? in high temps

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kao, smec, zeo;
illite, chl, mica

58
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In anoxic envi: oragnics recrystallize to

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graphite

59
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display phyllitic cleavage, characterized by larger crystals and more wavy surfaces than slaty cleavage

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Phyllites

60
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At 250 - 300°C smec and illite transforms to

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seri, musc, talc, chl

61
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_____ phyllites are transformed gradationally into schist

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~300 ° C,

62
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is a very common foliation defined by the sub - parallel arrangement of macroscopic platy minerals such as phyllosilicates in closely spaced metamorphic layers.

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Schistosity

63
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Schists are produced by _metamorphism at convergent plate boundaries with temperatures >300 ° C

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dynamothermal

64
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are characterized by gneissic layering, a foliation characterized by the arrangement of minerals into distinct color bands.

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Gneisses

65
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Gneisses that develop from an igneous protoliths are called

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orthogneiss

66
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gneiss from sedimentary protoliths are called

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paragneiss

67
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which refers to the thin, sill - like intrusion of magma into parallel country rock layers

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“ Lit par lit intrusion ” ,

68
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Gneisses form in dynamothermal settings at temperatures that commonly exceed

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~ 600 ° C.

69
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processes have been suggested for the development of gneissic banding:

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Originate by layer transposition.
Lit Par Lit
Anatexis

70
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Layer transposition process

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Transposition results from the pulling apart of earlier folded layers resulting in the separation of hinges and limbs
Insoluble phyllosilicates in fold limbs and soluble qts/felds in hinge, tightly compressed forming alternating bands

71
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are “ mixed ” rocks that possess textural and structural characteristics of both igneous and metamorphic rocks

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Migmatites

72
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are silica - and iron - rich rocks that formed primarily in the Early Proterozoic and Archean.

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Ironstones

73
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are metaquartzites that contain 20 – 30% iron and are also commonly banded

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Taconites; found largely in lake superior

74
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Metamorphic ______ are pervasively deformed rocks so that their original composition and texture are largely obliterated.

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tectonites

75
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tectonites are Classified by solid state flow fabric from deformation
what are they

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S tectonites = Foliated
L tectonites = lineation, no foliation
L-S tectonites = Foliation, Lineation

76
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are rock structures or textural elements that provide information concerning the relative sense of displacement of rock components within fault zones or shear zone

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Shear sense indicators

77
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indicate the sense of displacement in shear zones and may also provide information on displacement distance.

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Offset markers

78
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allows displacement distance to be measured; intersections by linear features and planar faults/shear zones

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Piercing Points

79
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are asymmetrical porphyroclasts or poryphyroblasts with mineral tails that “ point ” in the direction of shear.

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Grain tail complexes

80
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Mineral tails may form by a combination of:

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Plastic flattening of pre-existing grains
Pressure soln from grain center
Dynamic. recryst. at the rim of the grain
Neocryst in pressure shadows around grain

81
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____________ grain tail complexes consist of wedge - shaped tails that do not cross the reference plane of shear
slow grain rotation; fast tail growth
Tail growth at minimum compressive stress (45° to ref plane) during rotation

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Sigma (σ)

82
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_________ tail complexes are produced by relatively rapid grain rotation relative to tail growth rate
Fast grain rotation = bending of inner portion of the tail, crosses reference plane

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Delta (δ) grain

83
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fractures
oriented at shear direction
<45° inclination from foilation

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Synthetic Fractures

84
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fractures
oriented against shear direction
>45° inclination from foilation

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Anti-synthetic Fractures

85
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develop in mylonitic, schistose and gneissic rocks subjected to ductile shear.

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S - C foliations

86
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in S-C
The letter S represents __________ and the letter C is for ____________, a French term for shear direction, which lies in the C plane

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Schistosity; cisaillement

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