Blueschist ( /ˈbluːʃɪst/), also called glaucophane schist, is a metavolcanic rock that forms by the metamorphism of basalt and rocks with similar composition...

than blueschist, which drives further subduction of the slab deep into the Earth's mantle. Metabasalt and blueschist may be preserved in blueschist metamorphic...

pressure metamorphic path through the zeolite, prehnite-pumpellyite, blueschist, and eclogite facies stability zones of subducted oceanic crust. Zeolite...

orthopyroxene + K-feldspar + quartz ± osumilite (at very high temperature) The blueschist facies is at relatively low temperature but high pressure, such as occurs...

The blueschist metamorphic facies gets its name from abundant blue minerals glaucophane and lawsonite. Glaucophane generally forms in blueschist metamorphic...

supercontinents at about 1.9–2.0 Ga. Blueschist is a rock typical for present-day subduction settings. The absence of blueschist older than Neoproterozoic reflects...

Anthracite – Hard, compact variety of coal Amphibolite – Metamorphic rock type Blueschist – Type of metavolcanic rock Cataclasite – Rock found at geological faults...

with albite in metamorphic rock of the low-temperature, high-pressure blueschist facies at destructive plate margins. Although it is intermediate in silica...

caldera wall between Cape Plaka and Athinios. The metamorphic grade is a blueschist facies, which results from tectonic deformation by the subduction of the...

the absence of arc volcanism. They are typified by the occurrence of blueschist to eclogite facies metamorphic zones, indicating high-P/low-T metamorphism...