Grain reduction and growth in faulting and new classification of faulted rocks

Abstract

New classification scheme about faulted rocks is proposed, according to the extent of grain reduction and growth and their sequence, and faulted rocks are classified as follows: (1) faulted rocks formed by the reduction action mainly include breccia series, cataclasite series, tectonobutchite series, mylonite series; (2) faulted rocks formed by growth action is mainly tectono-schist (gneiss) series; (3) blastomylonite series formed by grain reduction first and then growth; (4) mylonitic schist (gneiss) series formed by crystal growth first and then grain reduction. All series can be further classified according to matrix contents.

Keywords

reduction / growth / faulting / classification

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