Crustal and Mantle Processes: Dalradian Case Study : Orogenic Processes |
Contents
Tables A List of scientific terms and concepts used in this Case Study | 5 |
2 | 11 |
Stability to instabilityDalradian sediments | 17 |
Copyright | |
8 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
Al2SiO andalusite angle Answer to ITQ anticline antiform Appin axial planes axial traces Ballachulish bedding Ben Lui Binnein biotite Caledonides chlorite cleavage complex continental crust cordierite crystals Dalradian deformation depth Devonian Eilde equilibria evidence evolution F₁ F₂ facies series Filmstrip fold axes foliation Gabbros garnet geological geothermal gradient Glen Fault H₂O heat flow heat production Highland Boundary Fault igneous Iltay Nappe Islay kyanite lineation Loch Leven major folds major structures melting metamorphic minerals metamorphic rocks mica mineral assemblages mineral facies minor folds Moinian North-east Scotland orogenic belts outcrop P-T space patterns pelites petrogenetic grid planar structures plate tectonics porphyroblasts post-tectonic granites pressure pressure/kbar depth/km produced quartz Quartzite reactions refolded Roberts and Treagus Schist Section sediments sequence shows sillimanite South-west Highlands staurolite steady-state geotherm stratigraphic subduction suggest surface syncline Table temperature temperature/°C textures thermal thrust tion transient geotherm Upper Dalradian volcanic way-up Younger Gabbros zones