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Week 12: April 17-19
  • Metamorphic facies
    • development of concept
      • Eskola
      • Barrovian metamorphism
        • index minerals
        • metamorphic isograds
        • metamorphic zones
    • currently used facies names
      • zeolite facies
      • prehnite-pumpellyite facies
      • blueschist facies
      • greenschist facies
      • epidote amphibolite facies
      • amphibolite facies
      • eclogite facies
      • granulite facies
      • hornfels facies
    • sanidinite facies
  • metamorphic grade
  • Miyashiro's paired metamorphic belts
  • Metamorphic series
  • Metamorphic field gradients
  • Pressure, Temperature, and time (P-T-t) paths
    • clockwise paths
    • counterclockwise paths
  • Influence of plate tectonic setting on metamorphism (to be continued ... )

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