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Shear zones and mélanges

Images on this page are copyright © J.Waldron 1998
c-s fabric Granite proto-mylonite showing CS fabric: Cobequid-Chedabucto fault zone, St. Mary's basin, Nova Scotia
Shear zone Shear zone in gneiss boulder, west Newfoundland
Sigma structure Quartz vein deformed by heterogeous shear producing linked sigma structures: Ross Lake, Northwest Territories
Mylonite Mylonite, Valhalla complex, British Columbia
Tectonic melange Tectonic Mélange, Black Point, west Newfoundland
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