protomylonite

protomylonite

[‚prōd·ō′mī·lə‚nīt]
(petrology)
A mylonitic rock that develops from contact-metamorphosed rock; granulation and flowage are caused by overthrusts following the contact surfaces between the intrusion and the country rock.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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At the Canaveilles site (Figure 3), two hot springs with temperatures of 43.3[degrees]C and 60.1[degrees]C emerge in thinly foliated gneiss (protomylonite), near the unfaulted contact between the gneiss and the metasediments.
Fault-Related Controls on Upward Hydrothermal Flow: An Integrated Geological Study of the Tet Fault System, Eastern Pyrenees (France)
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