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Structures in the lawsonite—glaucophane schists of New Caledonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

A. R. Lillie
A. R. Lillie
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Summary

The regional strike of the bedding and foliation is NW but most of the folds and lineations plunge roughly SW. Lineations that resemble grain (longrain) seem to be usually parallel to the steeply plunging fold axes. This structural pattern occupies more than 2,000 km2. The formation of this pattern of folds was preceded and succeeded by regional folding along horizontal axes.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 112 , Issue 3 , May 1975 , pp. 225 - 240
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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