- present, and in fact, the
coexistence of clino- and
orthopyroxene in a
metabasite (metamorphed basalt)
defines the
granulite facies. A
granulite may be...
-
epidote and actinolite.
Characteristic mineral ****emblages are: In
metabasites:
chlorite +
albite +
epidote ± actinolite,
quartz In metagreywackes:...
-
sediment or
basaltic protoliths, and are
respectively metapelites and
metabasites.
Igneous pyroxenites are
closely allied to
gabbros and norites, from...
- fragments. However, they are
higher in feldspars, volcanic,
metavolcanic and
metabasite rock
fragments and
heavy minerals. The dune sand is
thought to be derived...
- basalt, limestone, serpentinite, and high-pressure, low-temperature
metabasites (blueschists and eclogites) and meta-limestones.
Fossils like radiolaria...
-
Complex Type
Complex Lithology Primary Deformed turbidite, limestone,
metabasite Location Region Aysén Region,
Magallanes Region,
Santa Cruz
Province Country...
- harzburgite, dunite, and chromite).
Oceanic crust is
referred to as a
metabasite.
Every year, 1–2 x 10
trillion kilograms of
water descends into subduction...
- Eric Douglas; Moecher,
David P. (2009). "Formation of high-pressure
metabasites in the
southern Appalachian Blue
Ridge via
Taconic continental subduction...
-
Directions 2005
Greenland and
Iceland Enroute, p. 129
Greenschist facies metabasites from the ****efiskefjord - G. B.
Schley Fjord area,
eastern Peary Land...
- Crawford, A.J. (1996). "The
igneous geochemistry and
tectonic setting of
metabasites from the emo metamorphics,
Papua New Guinea; A
record of the evolution...
