rock foliation

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• Foliation (geology) — Foliation is any penetrative planar fabric present in rocks. Foliation is common to rocks affected by regional metamorphic compression typical of orogenic belts. Rocks exhibiting foliation include the typical metamorphic rock sequence of slate,… …   Wikipedia

• Rock microstructure — includes the texture of a rock and the small scale rock structures. The words texture and microstructure are interchangeable, with the latter preferred in modern geological literature. However, texture is still acceptable because it is a useful… …   Wikipedia

• foliation — /foh lee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of putting forth leaves. 2. the state of being in leaf. 3. Bot. a. the arrangement of leaves within a bud. b. the arrangement of leaves on a plant. 4. leaves or foliage. 5. Print. the consecutive… …   Universalium

• Foliation oblique — La foliation oblique ou texture oblique est une foliation/texture spéciale produite pendant la déformation cisaillante. Elle est bien exprimée dans les lits quartzeux des mylonites. En microtectonique cette structure sert à déterminer le sens de… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Rock cycle — rocks do not remain in equilibrium and are forced to change as they encounter new environments. The rock cycle is an illustration that explains how the 3 rock types are related to each other and how processes change from one type to another over… …   Wikipedia

• foliation — noun 1. (botany) the process of forming leaves • Syn: ↑leafing • Derivationally related forms: ↑foliate • Topics: ↑botany, ↑phytology • …   Useful english dictionary

• Metamorphic rock — Metamorphic redirects here. For other uses, see Metamorphic (disambiguation). Quartzite, a form of metamorphic rock, from the Museum of Geology at University of Tartu collection. Metamorphic rock is the transformation of an existing rock type,… …   Wikipedia

• metamorphic rock — Any of a class of rocks that result from the alteration of preexisting rocks in response to changing geological conditions, including variations in temperature, pressure, and mechanical stress. The preexisting rocks may be igneous, sedimentary,… …   Universalium

• Oblique foliation — Oblique foliation, steady state foliation or oblique fabric is a special type of a tectonically produced foliation or fabric, most commonly in quartz rich layers. The microtectonic structure can be used to determine the shear sense in shear zones …   Wikipedia

• Schräge Foliation — oder schräges Gefüge ist eine während des tektonischen Verformungsprozesses entstehende spezielle Art von Foliation. Dieses Gefüge tritt hauptsächlich in quarzreichen Lagen von Myloniten auf. Es wird in der Mikrotektonik, einem Teilgebiet der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• List of rock textures — This page is intended to be a list of rock textural and morphological terms. A * Adcumulate * Agglomeritic * Adamantine a type of lustre * Amygdaloidal * Anhedral * Antitaxial veins * Aphanitic * Aplitic; aplite * Augen textured gneiss *… …   Wikipedia