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How is foliation related to stress?
In geology, foliation refers to the process of being split into thin sheets. It is related to stress because the stress or pressure determines how the metamorphic minerals will be split.
What two things are necessary for foliation to form in a metamorphic rock?
presence of platy mineral and orientation stress can give foliation to a metamorphic rocks.
What is it called when minerals or grains can be forced under stress to line up in a nonrandom orientation?
Foliation.
What is salty foliation?
Slaty foliation, is a type of parallel foliation consisting of fine-grained platy minerals. The direction of foliation is usually perpendicular to the direction of maximum stress.
What is saltiness?
Slaty foliation, is a type of parallel foliation consisting of fine-grained platy minerals. The direction of foliation is usually perpendicular to the direction of maximum stress.
What is the definition of slaty foliation?
Slaty foliation- Parallel foliation of fine-grained platy minerals in a direction perpendicular to the direction of maximum stress (-Anonymous)
What is a Parallel alignment of minerals that have been subjected to stress'?
It is called foliation.
What is a parallel alignment of minerals that have been subjected to stress called?
It is called foliation.
What is the planar alignment of minerals due to differential stress during metamorphism?
Foliation
How is foliation produced in a metamophic rocks?
Foliation is caused by heat and pressure being applied to the parent rock. The heat and pressure combine to realign the existing minerals from a random orientation to one of parallel orientation, thus creating the visible lines or platy cleavages found in foliated metamorphic rocks. The lines of foliation are created perpendicularly to the force being applied.
When certain minerals recrystallize with a preferred orientation that is perpendicular to the direction of the compressonal force the rock is said to exhibit?
foliation
How does pressure and heat cause foliation in metamorphic rocks?
The heat and pressure combine to realign the existing minerals from a random orientation to one of parallel orientation, thus creating the visible lines or platy cleavages found in foliated metamorphic rocks. The lines of foliation are created perpendicularly to the force being applied.
