Definition of Mylonites. Meaning of Mylonites. Synonyms of Mylonites

- rock. Mylonites can have many different mineralogical compositions; it is a classification based on the textural appearance of the rock. Mylonites are ductilely...
- called mylonite. Certain kinds of rock, such as those rich in quartz, carbonate minerals, or olivine, are particularly prone to form mylonites, while...
- quartzitic mylonites. They characteristically lie with their longest dimension at a small angle to the mylonitic foliation. Mica fish in mylonites v t e...
- abrasive wear on brittle, seismogenic faults. foliated mylonites (phyllonites). striped gneiss. Mylonites start to occur with the onset of semibrittle behaviour...
- glide. This occurs particularly on platy minerals, especially micas. Mylonites are essentially ductile shear zones. During the initiation of shearing...
- mylonite zone, giving a young age limit for the formation. The rocks within the Burlington mylonite zone are mainly fine-grained, laminated mylonites...
- normally referred to as cataclasites. Cataclasites are different from mylonites, another type of fault rock, that is classified by the presence of a schistosity...
- gneiss. Other varieties of foliated rock include slates, phyllites, and mylonite. Familiar examples of non-foliated metamorphic rocks include marble, soapstone...
- metamorphosed limestone Migmatite – Mixture of metamorphic rock and igneous rock Mylonite – Metamorphic rock – A metamorphic rock formed by shearing Metapelite –...
- Dextral sense shear folds in mylonites within a shear zone, Cap de Creus...