Four types of Metamorphic agents Temperature Pressure Directive stress Chemically active fluid/metamorphic fluids Temperature In regular continental crust, a typical geothermal gradient within the first 3 to 5 kilometers (2 or 3 miles) of Earth’s surface is...
What is Metamorphism? The term metamorphism comes from the Greek (meta morph), meaning “change of form. The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) defined Metamorphism as – “a process involving changes in the mineral content/composition and/or...
Without an objective, no work can be accomplished. Like when a structural geologist works, he also has some objectives. Those are: What is structure?When did it develop?Under what physical conditions did it form? Let’s talk about the objectives. What is...
Structural geology is a branch of geology that deals with the structural deformation, causes, and distribution of these structural features with geography. Structural geology deals with fold, fault, unconformity, cleavage, schistosity, lineation. And their causes,...
Mechanical principles describe the rock’s physical properties and deformation causes. In structural geology, the deformation causes of rocks and their properties are significant. Some mandatory types of mechanical principle as follows:...
