Deformed augen-like clast, Punta Bianca, La Spezia
by Samuele Papeschi, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Greenschist-facies deformation of a foliated quartzite gave this quartz-rich clast its eye-like shape. The rock shown is a Carnian quartzite belonging to the Verrucano Group, from Punta Bianca (La Spezia, Italy)
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- Field (2770)
- Geodynamics (360)
- Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology (491)
- Tectonics and Structural Geology (554)
Location
- Europe (3567)
- Southern Europe (1548)
- Italy (383)
- Exact location (9.9694 E, 44.0380 N)
Tags
- quartz (11)
- field (21)
- structural geology (17)
- metamorphism (10)
- foliation (5)
- field work (12)
- deformation (4)
- verrucano (2)
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4000 × 3000 px;
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Camera:
Canon PowerShot SX130 IS
Taken on 19
February
2015
Submitted on Feb. 28, 2017
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
Credit
Samuele Papeschi (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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