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Pseudotachylyte (sometimes
written as pseudotachylite) is an
extremely fine-grained to gl****y, dark,
cohesive rock
occurring as
veins that form through...
- obsidian. In reverse, ultramylonite-like
rocks are
sometimes "deformed
pseudotachylyte".
Mesomylonites have
undergone an
appreciable amount of
grainsize reduction...
- and rock
fragments of
similar composition to
minerals in the
matrix Pseudotachylyte – ultrafine-grained gl****y-looking material,
usually black and flinty...
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metamorphic rocks displays shatter cones,
planar deformation features,
pseudotachylyte veins, and
impact melts and breccias.
There is also
evidence of planar...
- location.
There are
several lines of
evidence that
support this idea.
Pseudotachylyte zones in the area,
caused by
intense frictional heat, mark the landslide's...
- Langone, A. (2013). "A
seismogenic zone in the deep
crust indicated by
pseudotachylytes and
ultramylonites in granulite-facies
rocks of
Calabria (Southern...
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Meteoritical Society Meeting Rajmon, D., Copeland, P. , Reid, A. M., "'
Pseudotachylytes' that
never melted: A
Thermal Story from
Roter Kamm Crater, Namibia"...
- François; Cantagrel, Jean-Marie; Devouard,
Bertrand (September 2000). "
Pseudotachylyte (Frictionite) at the Base of the
Arequipa Volcanic Landslide Deposit...
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Corodale gneiss,
dominated by garnet-pyroxene rock. A
narrow zone of
pseudotachylyte occurs along its
western margin with the
regular gneiss. The Usinish...
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original on 2019-11-07.
Retrieved 2019-10-27. Kindred,
Thane (2018). "
Pseudotachylyte—cataclasite in the
Damage Zone
Located North of Box
Elder Peak, Wasatch...
