A metamorphic facies is a set of mineral assemblages in metamorphic rocks formed under similar pressures and temperatures. The assemblage is typical of...
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amphibolite facies of a marble will not be identical with the amphibolite facies of a pelite. However, the facies are defined such that metamorphic rock with...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Hornfels (redirect from Hornfels Facies)
sometimes take place. The hornfels facies is the metamorphic facies which occupies the lowest pressure portion of the metamorphic pressure-temperature space....
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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...
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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...
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series. These are also called metamorphic facies series. A metamorphic facies series is a sequence of metamorphic facies which plot in a temperature-pressure...
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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...
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