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    RATE OF STRAIN ——> FIGURE 3 Terminology for hi / Nine 7 aaeeiaiaitats RATE OF RECOVERY ——> tet rs cyan os es Lastencamerargin woes eosuebncney ean ye Mare certs by rare epntaten wi org myer oren organs Pervaovaecoeryarraning ot eevee, ‘mare win soma gure osm saree igh-strain shear-zone related rocks proposed by Wise etal. (1884), Copyright © The Geological Society of America, ne. i increases the energy of strained crystal latices ces recrystallization. Only a small amount of heat \ be sufficient to permit recrystallization of the small oi grains produced by high degrees of shear. Our un- sot of Bell and Etheridge (197: ‘Seprocesses involved in the production of mylonites were processes (rapid strain recovery and recrystalliza ‘not mere britle erushing. Although our understanding J. our terminology did not because the roots of the clasite and mylonite had direct implications of ey cxtaclasic processes. Anempts to remedy this situation and avoid using ‘ways contrary to their original intent have thus far ‘sb! one problem for another. Figure 3 is a classification oped by Wise et al. (1984). These workers clearly recog- “bat deformation in shear Zones commonly involves €O- ‘cformation and recovery-recrystallization processes, ‘24 they attempt to relate these processes in a clear fashion ® comparing the rate of strain versus the rate of recovery. Siboush I can appreciate the attempt to understand the sess imolved and relate them to the products, itis very “ical o infer the rates of strain versus recovery from @ ‘ro hand specimen, We have thus traded a classification SS8e an easily use for one that we can’t easy use, but is tsston abetter understanding of the processes and involves SS misuse of terms. I prefer to have a classification that is Sy we, so choose Table 1 for naming & shear-related and refer to Figure 3 for an understanding of how the Frs=ses of deformation and recovery relate 10 the comin’: PSttum of rock types from truly catactastic fault toes, (1.00 Welltecrystallized schists, Several ofthe terms 0 ‘he figure ate discussed inthe next chapter, soitmay Pe /~ ‘more useful reference for you after you have read further and ‘etum to when addressing hand specimens. Perhaps we can use Table I and discuss the rock types and processes if we use the terms cataclasite and ‘mylonite in a purely descriptive sense. Bell and Etheridge (1973), among others, have advocated that we redefine the term mylonite to strip it of any genetic implications. Remembering the root of the term, this makes it a bit of 2 FIGURE 4 Shatter cones in limestone from the Haughton Structure, Northwest Territories. Sample is ~9

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