The earliest growth of post-metamorphic (postlarval) shells in two species of Eohadrotreta is described from the Cambrian Shuijingtuo Formation of South China. Two different growth patterns can be observed by quantifying developmental variations in size and shape of successive stages of post-metamorphic shell growth (including the pedicle foramen forming stage, pedicle foramen enclosing stage a...

In order to assess the presence or absence of fluids under peak metamorphic conditions within the inner aureole of the Etive igneous complex in west Scotland, eight suitable metabasic hornfels samples and one suitable pelitic hornfels were used to calculate water activities using a mineral equilibria. Calculated activities for water are lower than unity in the pelitic sample and extremely low i...

In orogens, pinpointing the timing of mineralization is often complex due to superimposition magmatic, metamorphic and tectonic events. Unravelling tectono-metamorphic evolution deformed terranes essential for understanding formation orogenic mineralization. Bossòst dome Pyrenean Axial Zone, undated stratabound Pb-Zn previously considered be SEDEX-like devoid evidence significant remobilization...

the muteh gold deposit (ne of golpaygan) in the central part of intrusive-metamorphic belt of sanandaj-sirjan zone comprises nw-se trending gold-quartz vein occurred in metamorphic complex. gold mineralization is associated with quartz veins that formed during regional deformation across the mylonitic zones in metamorphic rocks of predominantly meta-volcanic, gneiss and schist. the sulfidation ...

The basement rocks encountered in exploratory boreholes drilled for exploration and evaluation of coal deposits in Thar Parkar district, Sindh Pakistan have formed the basis for present studies. The basement complex was penetrated through eighteen boreholes at drill depth range from 112 to 279 meters. These rocks were identified in field as Pink and Grey Granites.. The basement rocks are of Ign...

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Very little is known about genetic factors that regulate life history transitions during ontogeny. Closely related tiger salamanders (Ambystoma species complex) show extreme variation in metamorphic timing, with some species foregoing metamorphosis altogether, an adaptive trait called paedomorphosis. Previous studies identified a major effect quantitative trait locus (met1) for metamorphic timi...

This paper is an outgrowth of the compilation of metamorphic information for the Canadian Shield in Ontario, and complements the recently compiled Metamorphic Map of the Canadian Shield. The paper contains a summary of the Archean metamorphic history of the Superior Province in Ontario on a subprovince basis, with an emphasis on the limitations of the existing data and the reasoning applied in ...

Flow kinematics estimations are necessary to determine how the deformation is partitioned in shear zones at different scales. Combining scales of structural analysis with quantitative vorticity constraint allows a more rigorous examination deformation. The Posada-Asinara zone (PASZ) northern Sardinia (Italy) crustal-scale km-thick transpressive zone, separating High- from Medium-Grade Metamorph...