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From these fi eld observations alone, the
following history could be deduced:
gabbros resisting deformation while many
metabasalts were deformed;
initial exhumation of ophiolite, without
signifi cant further heating, overprinting many
rocks with syntectonic blueschist facies
mineral assemblages;
formation of oceanic crust including massive
gabbros and basalts, some of which were
submarine pillow basalts;
subduction of this oceanic crust to great
depth during continental collision;
further exhumation of ophiolite to
shallower crustal depths, with formation
of strongly sheared greenschist facies
rocks.
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metamorphism of mafi c rocks at high
pressure in the eclogite facies, with massive
9.5 Further reading
Fry, N. 1991.
The Field Description of Metamorphic Rocks
, Blackwell
Scientifi c Publication, 128 pp. [Useful aid to studying metamorphic
rocks in the fi eld.]
Miyashiro, A. 1994.
Metamorphic Petrology
, UCL Press, 404 pp. [A
good textbook covering many aspects of metamorphism.]
Shelley, D. 1993.
Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks under the
Microscope
, Chapman & Hall, 468 pp. [Invaluable aid for anyone
studying igneous or metamorphic rocks using the polarizing
microscope.]
Vernon, R. H. and Clarke, G. 2008.
Principles of Metamorphic
Petrology
, Cambridge University Press, 460 pp. [Modern text with
numerous examples of features illustrating metamorphic processes.]
Winter, J. D. 2009.
Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
,
Prentice Hall, 720 pp. [One of a number of textbooks dealing with
both topics together.]
Yardley, B. W. D. 1989.
An Introduction to Metamorphic Petrology
,
Longman, 26 pp. [Excellent, readable introductory text.]
