The metamorphic facies concept
- 1 January 1965
- journal article
- Published by Mineralogical Society in Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society
- Vol. 34 (268), 283-291
- https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.1965.034.268.24
Abstract
SummaryPresent-day facies schemes are reviewed in relation to their definitions and applicability: a simplification is proposed based on assemblages in basaltic rocks, with secondary facies defined subsequently on pelitic assemblages.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- The Facies Classification of Metamorphic RocksGeological Magazine, 1924