Sector-zoned aegirine was found in a specimen of Sanbagawa quartz schist from the Iimori region of the western Kii Peninsula, central Japan. The schist consists of quartz, aegirine, albite, amphibole (magnesioriebeckite to manganocummingtonite), garnet (spessartine), rhodochrosite, pyrophanite, jacobsite, and apatite. Aegirine occurs as subhedral to euhedral prismatic crystals less than 250 μm ...

Metapelitic rocks in the Gasht area include micaschist, kyanite schist, andalusite schist, garnet schist, staurolite schist, cordierite schist and sillimanite schist. Tourmaline occurs as accessory mineral in all of these rock types. These schists are metamorphosed regionally and are affected by contact metamorpism subsequently. Based on the textural relations and the fact that CaO and TiO2 con...

S U M M A R Y A 2-D upper crustal structural profile with seven steeply dipping faults was constructed from the Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment phase II (LARSE II) seismic refraction data recorded over the north central Transverse ranges and adjacent Mojave desert in southern California. The profile extends to a depth of approximately 4 km. The faults were identified from distinctive feat...

The pyroclastic rocks of "The Crater", South Island, New Zealand belong to the Miocene, alkaline basaltic Dunedin Volcanic Group and represent an individual eruptive center with possible multiple vents. Three pyroclastic units have been separated at the study area based on textural and compositional features as well as their stratigraphic positions. The central part of The Crater comprises basa...

The Lavrion area corresponds to the western part of Attic-Cycladic metamorphic belt, in back-arc region active Hellenic subduction zone. Between Eocene and Miocene, rocks (mainly marbles schists) underwent several stages metamorphism deformation due collision collapse Cycladic belt. Exhumation during Miocene was accommodated by movement a large-scale detachment fault system, which also enhanced...