Atlas of Mylonites- and related microstructures

• Main Authors: Trouw, Rudolph A. J. (Author), Passchier, Cees W. (Author), Wiersma, Dirk J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Earth Sciences.

Mylonites form in response to high rates of strain within deep ductile shear zones, which are the extensions at depth of surface faults, thrusts and fault breccias. They can have many different mineralogical compositions and are therefore defined by their textural appearance. This atlas provides hig...

Table of Contents:

• Cataclasites
• Pseudotachylytes
• Low-Grade Mylonites
• Medium-Grade Mylonites
• High-Grade Mylonites
• Protomylonite, Mylonite and Ultramylonite
• Mylonites Derived From Parent Rocks Other Than Granites and Gneisses
• Shear Sense Indicators
• Crystal-Plastic Deformation, Recovery and Recrystallisation of Quartz
• “False” mylonites
• Exercises.