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Fabrics: Foliation and Lineations

There are both tectonic and primary fabrics

Random Fabrics

Preferred Orientation

Foliation

Lineation

Tectonites
R k with Rocks ith a penetrative t ti tectonic t t i fabric f b i L t t it fabric L-tectonite: f b i dominated d i t d by b at tectonic t i lineation S-tectonite: fabric dominated by a tectonic foliation LS-tectonite: general term for a rock with both a foliation and a lineation LS-tectonite: lineation stronger SL-tectonite: foliation stronger

Tectonic Foliation

Cleavage Classification

{Compositional

Spaced Cleavage

Disjunctive Foliation

Pencil Cleavage

Continuous Fabrics
All minerals i l fl flattened tt d or rotated t t di into t parallelism ll li

Continuous Fabrics
All minerals i l fl flattened tt d or rotated t t di into t parallelism ll li

Continuous Fabrics

C Coarse

Fine

Slaty Cleavage

Slaty Cleavage Formation ~ 250-350oC

Phyllitic Cleavage ~ Lower Greenschist facies

Phyllitic Cleavage and Schistosity ~ greenschist facies

Phyllite

Shistosity ~ middle greenschist facies

Axial Planar Cleavage

Fanned Cleavage

Cleavage g Early Layer Parallel Shortening Refraction


Cleavage Perpendicular to Bedding

Cleavage Refraction

Cleavage steeper than bedding

Bedding steeper than cleavage

Crenulation Cleavage

Crenulation Cleavage

How Foliations Develop


1 Mechanical 1. M h i l flattening fl tt i of f grains i

How Foliations Develop


1 Mechanical 1. M h i l fl flattening tt i of f grains i dissolution reprecipitation

Rieckes Principle

How Foliations Develop


1 Mechanically flattening grains 1.

How Foliations Develop


2 R 2. Rotation t ti

How Foliations Develop


3 Crystallization 3.

How Foliations Develop


4 T 4. Transposition iti

How Foliations Develop


4 T 4. Transposition iti

Differentiated layering

5. Inheritance of layered y fabric

Gneissic Banding

6. Pressure-solution cleavage

Disj juncti ive Cl leavage Fo ormat tion

Disjunctive cleavage spacing is a function of initial clay content

Lineations

1. Slickensides fibrous

grooves

2. Fold lineation

3. Intersection Lineation

4. Mineral Lineations

elongate grains

4. Mineral Lineations

lineation and foliation

just a lineation

tabular grains e.g. feldspars

5. Other Markers

e.g. pebbles, fossils

5. Other Markers

e.g. reduction spots, ooids, burrows, etc.

5. Other Markers
oblate particles

foliation only

5. Other Markers
prolate particles

lineation or foliation but not both

6. Boudins

6. Boudins

6. Boudins

6. Boudins

7. Mullions

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