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Bedding in the less competent rocks has been transposed into lenticular lithologic layering, or foliation, by slip on cleavage. The foliated rocks are inferred to have deformed by a process akin to laminar slip on cleavage with strike-slip movements perpendicular to the vertical axis of cleavage intersections. As a consequence of the transposition of bedding, major folds formed by bedding tend to be obscured, or even obliterated, and a superficially homoclinal sequence of bedded and foliated rocks is produced. Pervasive disharmonic folding on all scales interrupts regular repetition of units by folding and thereby further obscures major fold patterns.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a detailed study of the structure of metamorphic rocks in the Mineral King area of the southern Sierra Nevada in California. The author describes the petrology, geometry, and kinematics of these rocks to unravel their complex structural history. The author argues that the rocks were deformed by isoclinal folding along subhorizontal axes, followed by pervasive shear along cleavage planes that transposed and disrupted the original bedding. The author concludes that this style of deformation, which is common in metamorphic belts, is a result of a complex interplay between rock type, fluid presence, and stress conditions. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781527728264_0
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