Abstract
Cataclastic metamorphism results from the crushing and granulation of minerals and rocks (cataclasis), through the application of stress under small load and at low temperatures, with but little new mineral formation, except along planes of considerable movement, and at places where heat has been locally generated. At greater depths in the crust, or near the loci of igneous intrusions, where heat becomes a cooperating factor, cataclastic metamorphism passes gradually into dynamo-thermal metamorphism.
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Tyrrell, G.W. (1978). Cataclastic Metamorphism and Its Products. In: The Principles of PETROLOGY. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6026-1_17
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