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"Mylonite" is a term coined by Charles Lapworth in 1885 to describe a fine grained, well-laminated rock he had found in the Moine Thrust Zone of the Scottish Highlands. The term has come into general usage to indicate any foliated (and usually lineated) fine grained metamorphic rock which shows evidence for strong ductile deformation. The term is purely structural and conveys no indication of the mineralogy of the rock. Thus, a mylonite can be of any rock type.
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What are the uses of mylonite?
Mylonite is used in construction and road industries.
How does mylonite form?
mylonite is fromed by two of the eaths plates slideing on top of each other and one of the plates gets pushed down and the rocks on the plate that is getting pushed down to so it terns to magma then a valcano erups and the lava dries and terns to rock.
What has the author Simmon Hanmer written?
Simmon Hanmer has written: 'Geology of the Striding-Athabasca mylonite zone, northern Saskatchewan and southestern District of MacKenzie, Northwest Territories' -- subject(s): Geology
What happens when the pressure snaps the rock?
A "fault plane is created, rock layers move relative to one another (rock can melt in the fault plane forming Pseudotachylyte or Mylonite) and energy is released as an earthquake.
What are some eight letter words with 1st letter M and 2nd letter Y and 4th letter O and 6th letter I?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern MY-O-I--. That is, eight letter words with 1st letter M and 2nd letter Y and 4th letter O and 6th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are: mylonite
What are some eight letter words with 1st letter M and 2nd letter Y and 5th letter N and 8th letter E?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern MY--N--E. That is, eight letter words with 1st letter M and 2nd letter Y and 5th letter N and 8th letter E. In alphabetical order, they are: mylonite
What are some eight letter words with 1st letter M and 3rd letter L and 5th letter N and 6th letter I?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 10 words with the pattern M-L-NI--. That is, eight letter words with 1st letter M and 3rd letter L and 5th letter N and 6th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are: melanian melanics melanins melanise melanism melanist melanite melanize melinite mylonite
What are some eight letter words with 1st letter M and 4th letter O and 7th letter T and 8th letter E?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 9 words with the pattern M--O--TE. That is, eight letter words with 1st letter M and 4th letter O and 7th letter T and 8th letter E. In alphabetical order, they are: malonate masonite meconate meiocyte meionite mesolite monocyte mylonite myxocyte
What are some eight letter words with 1st letter M and 3rd letter L and 7th letter T?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 16 words with the pattern M-L---T-. That is, eight letter words with 1st letter M and 3rd letter L and 7th letter T. In alphabetical order, they are: malamute malaxate malemute malleate malonate melanite melilite melilots melinite militate molality molarity molerats molinets multeity mylonite
What are three different types of plate boundary?
They are: 1) Spreading or Constructive in ocean-floor crust (from fractures such as Mid-Atlantic Ridge) or contiental rifting (as happening now in NE Africa). 2) Subduction or Destructive, as the oceanic plate is pushed to its doom below the continent. However, fragments of oceanic plate sometimes escape subduction and are forced upwards to become Ophiolite Complexes, such as The Lizard in Cornwall. 3) The extremely complicated suture and orogenic after-effects between two collided continents. I have been shown the thrust-plane between two over-thrust masses of rock, in the Caledonide Mountains of Norway. It shows as a thin fault-plane filled with mylonite (altered rock-powder), exposed in a road cutting: mute testament to the forces and times involved.
What are some eight letter words with 1st letter M and 6th letter I and 8th letter E?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 84 words with the pattern M----I-E. That is, eight letter words with 1st letter M and 6th letter I and 8th letter E. In alphabetical order, they are: macarise macarize maderise maderize magazine mainline malefice maritime marquise masklike masonite mastlike matutine mauvaise mauveine maximise maximite maximize mazarine mazelike mealtime meantime medicide medicine meionite melamine melanise melanite melanize melilite melinite melodise melodize memorise memorize menilite mesolite mesprise mesprize mesquine mesquite metalise metalize mezquite migraine milklike mimetite minibike minimise minimize minutiae misdrive misguide mispoise misprice misprise misprize misraise miswrite miticide moatlike mobilise mobilize monazite mondaine monetise monetize monitive monokine monoxide moonlike moonrise moralise moralize morphine mosslike mothlike motorise motorize mudslide murrhine mutative mylonite myrrhine
What causes metamorphic rocks?
A metaporphic rock is formed when a rock is put under extreame heat and preasure for many (often thousands or millions) of years. This changes it into a new type of rock. This new rock is called a Metamorphic rock.
