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Mylonitic microstructures and their bearing on the development of mylonites – an example from deformed trondhjemites of the Bergen Arc region, SW Norway

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

S. Sinha Roy
S. Sinha Roy
Affiliation:
Geologisk Institutt, Universitetet i Bergen, Avd. A., J. Frielesgt 1, 5014 Bergen, Norway
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Summary

Thrust-bound bodies of trondhjemite, showing variable intensity of deformation, contain micro-structural evidences which suggest that the mylonitic fabric in them had developed in stages. An initial shearing stage was followed by a flattening one when the characteristic mylonitic microstructures and banding developed. These stages were punctuated and overlapped by phases of recovery and recrystallization. Mineral parageneses and microstructures indicate that prograde metamorphism and ductile deformation characterize the flattening stage. The origin of mylonite is explained in a scheme of progressive deformation during which planes of maximum shear strain and flattening became almost parallel, so that brittle microstructures were either modified or obliterated by ductile ones. The sequence of microstructural development and mineral redistribution suggest that in mylonite formation mechanical process is accompanied with chemical mobility.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 114 , Issue 6 , November 1977 , pp. 445 - 458
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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