Structures pes may Be SEPATILEL by perio tT ration, cating Which the erjenge ci Mite 3 ecto EVEL and ane yp ea gst orogeny. sit tt pst ACCOMPANIES. MARY Of thoge of yee pat not NECESSITY in a ince ctsst consider metamorphism sepmeath or more metamorphic reaction even 08 1A harper metamorphic eyele 7 sions le mtamorphosed, and then eit and erosion), There may joc one ntamorphic cyele in aM ong ees opically Fast 110.10 Mt deforma e-to-one ate : at {in whieh toeks N brought back to : ny. Meta. » 10 Ma, but multiple evente may span over 1 Ga, Metamorphist may acy sly some aeformational events, and the style of sade of metamonphism may vary in both time ‘orogen. A single metamorphic eve : ic event oS gae move than one phase of eating within i The “CSIR Fastes and Destmons, 2007) proposed the tem ef abl Pte event) with more than one relia (WSS). Monophase metamorphic jvcenly one elim. Polymetamorphie is a tenn that ese than one event, Deformation and sube ans, whereas the heat of metamorphism ofuild them back up again, Such a complex set of allows for myriad interactions and overprints be- ctamorphic mineral growth and deformation, make cody of textures in orogenie rocks a challenge and i controversy over textural interpretations. Of ver things get complex, there is more useful ‘omaton tobe gathered, so complexity becomes a benefit soe the features can be interpreted properly. We ean do a job on the basis of a few guiding principles, In slowing summary, I review the useful principles upon sob geologists tend to agree and discuss some of the re= suing controversial aspeets of the textural interpretation crogznically metamorphosed rocks. As [alluded 10 above, the erystal size distribution SDcures for regional metamorphism differ from those of ‘at metamorphism. In contrast tothe log-linear plots for ‘ust metamorphisin (and volcanics), Cashman and Ferry 88) found that regional CSD have a bell-shaped patter. Tic gan size ofthe maximum of the CSD curves inereases trad, as we would expect. Cashman and Ferry (1988) ‘thud the bell shape to initial continuous nucleation and ‘sal growth (as in contact rocks) followed by a period of ‘teng in which nucleation ceases and larger grains ErOW “bs expense of smaller ones (as in Ostwald ripening). The “inum prain size in regional metamorphism thus appears “tft continued growth after nucleation ends “1 Tectonites, Foliations, and Lineations Acton Foca is adeformed rock with a texture that recon i n by developing a preferred mineral orientation o Son. The fabric of a tectonite is the complete spatial “S8MdTexttes of Me nds to break minerals down to smaller lamorphic Rocks and geomet elements, clement in configuration of its textural and structural ‘tition is « general term for any planar tex¥0F A r0¢k, whereas I ar clements, Foiatons an in brimary (pee deformational) ones, sich as bedding. Secondary (deformational) ones. Min }y cither dimensional preferred orientation (DPO) oF referred orientation (LPO), or both, Although they Ate treated separately, there is probably a complete natural §raation from pute foliations through combined foliations Ai Tneations to pe i tom similarly applies t0 Hin tions can be subslivided into rented ice 4.14 FOLIATIONS, A number of features can define secondary foliation (Figure 21), including. platy, minerals, Vinca minerals, layers, fractures, and flattened elements. FIGURE 21 Types of fabric elements that may define a foliation (a) Compositional layering, (b) Preferred orientation of platy minerals (@ Shape of deformed grains. (€) Grain size aration.) Preferred orientation of platy minerals in a mate Without preferred orientation, Note that linear minerals may also tefine a foliation if randomly oriented ina plane. (Preferred ‘orientation of lenticular mineral aggregates. () Preferred orientation of fractures. (H) Combinations ofthe above. From ‘Turner and Weiss (1963) and Passchicr and Trouw (2008). 513, @ scanned with OKEN Scanner