-
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...
- basalt, limestone, serpentinite, and high-pressure, low-temperature
metabasites (blueschists and eclogites) and meta-limestones.
Fossils like radiolaria...
- present, and in fact, the
coexistence of clino- and
orthopyroxene in a
metabasite (metamorphed basalt)
defines the
granulite facies. A
granulite may be...
-
Mittersill deposit hosted in
Early Palaeozoic metamorphic rocks,
mainly in
metabasites of the
central Tauern Window,
which were
intruded by
numerous granites...
- Crawford, A.J. (1996). "The
igneous geochemistry and
tectonic setting of
metabasites from the emo metamorphics,
Papua New Guinea; A
record of the evolution...
- Holland, T. J. B.; Richardson, S. W. (1979). "Amphibole
zonation in
metabasites as a
guide to the
evolution of
metamorphic conditions". Contributions...
- fragments. However, they are
higher in feldspars, volcanic,
metavolcanic and
metabasite rock
fragments and
heavy minerals. The dune sand is
thought to be derived...
-
under blueschist conditions.
Other common minerals of
blueschist facies metabasites are paragonite, chlorite, titanite, stilpnomelane, quartz, albite, sericite...
- Eric Douglas; Moecher,
David P. (2009). "Formation of high-pressure
metabasites in the
southern Appalachian Blue
Ridge via
Taconic continental subduction...
