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GRANULITE FACIES [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

The set of metamorphic mineral assemblages (facies) in which basic rocks are represented by diopside + hypersthene + plagioclase, with amphibole generally minor in amount.

OBS

Almandine is characteristic of basic and pelitic rocks. Pelitic assemblages show the association of sillimanite or kyanite ...

PHR

Granulite facies metamorphism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

[...] association [...] caractérisée par l'absence de mica et la présence de pyroxène, de sillimanite, de disthène et de grenats.

OBS

Le domaine de stabilité de ce faciès est tout entier [...] situé dans la plage des granites d'anatexie.

PHR

Métamorphisme du faciès des granulites.

Spanish

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