Sentence examples for grade of metamorphism from inspiring English sources

Calcareous rocks (impure limestones) show very little response to this grade of metamorphism.

It represents a somewhat higher grade of metamorphism than talc schist and is more coarse-grained; individual flakes of mica can be seen.

Rocks of the albite-epidote-hornfels facies are characteristically found as the outer zones of contact aureoles where the thermal episode fades out and the rocks pass into their regional grade of metamorphism.

The presence of tremolite implies a relatively low grade of metamorphism as tremolite breaks down to form the pyroxene diopside in the presence of calcite and quartz at elevated temperatures.

Rocks comprising the Slave province represent a high grade of metamorphism, intrusion and basement remobilization typical of Archean terranes.

At higher grades of metamorphism, the zeolite laumonite and the feldspar albite dominate the mineral assemblage.

The rocks consist of arenaceous, pebbly sediments which have been indurated, folded and faulted with high grades of metamorphism in places.

The best described examples of this class of metamorphism come from California, Japan, New Caledonia, Celebes, the Alps, and the Mediterranean region.

This work studied the effect of increasing degree of metamorphism on the properties of rocks.

Our classification system expands on Robinson et al. [14], and is irrespective of age or degree of metamorphism.

At higher grades of regional metamorphism, the amphibole anthophyllite breaks down to form magnesium-iron orthopyroxenes.