Overprinting (geology)
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title:
Overprinting (geology)
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Overprinting is a geological process that superimposes a set of characteristics on rock that partially obscure earlier characteristics. Examples include metamorphic overprinting, in which new structure, texture, or mineral composition is imposed on existing rock. For example, the Tauern window of Alps contains beds that were originally metamorphosed to eclogite but have since been overprinted to the blueschist and then the greenschist facies. Likewise, deformation associated with the Mazatzal or
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Geological process that leaves marks altering the marks of an earlier process
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overprinting_(geology)
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2023-07-30T17:56:39Z
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