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DYNAMOTHERMAL METAMORPHISM [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Thermal Springs - Uses
DEF

A common type of metamorphism involving the effects of directed pressures and shearing stress as well as a wide range of confining pressures and temperatures.

OBS

[This phenomenon] is related both geographically and genetically to large orogenic belts, and hence is regional in character.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Thermalisme
CONT

Suivant l'intensité du métamorphisme général [...], on distingue le métamorphisme d'enfouissement qui s'effectue à température relativement basse (400 °C) et le thermodynamométamorphisme, de caractère régional et plus «chaud» (700 °C).

Spanish

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