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18 November 2011
Friday fold: mafic metavolcanics
Okay – in spite of numerous distractions (see every other post so far this week), it’s time to return to the pre-GSA Minneapolis structural geology field trip. Our final stop of the second day in the field was a series of folded up mafic metavolcanics. I’ve got some photographs of them. These mafic volcanics were strained in a relatively incompetent (weak) fashion between two more competent (stiff) gneiss domes in …