• Paired metamorphic belts are sets of parallel linear rock units that display contrasting metamorphic mineral assemblages. These paired belts develop along...
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    high-temperature metamorphic rocks is called a paired metamorphic belt. The main islands of Japan show three distinct paired metamorphic belts, corresponding...
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    Evolution of metamorphic belts. Journal of Petrology 2, 277–311. Oxburgh, E.R.; et al. (February 10, 1971). "Origin of Paired Metamorphic Belts and Crustal...
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    Pressure-temperature-time path (category Metamorphic petrology)
    and anticlockwise metamorphic P-T-t paths are found in paired metamorphic belts at convergent plate boundaries. Paired metamorphic belts display two contrasting...
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  • tin belt) Paired metamorphic belts Belt (mechanical), a looped strip of material used to link multiple rotating shafts Conveyor belt, a device for transporting...
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    zone produce their own distinctive regional metamorphic effects, characterized by paired metamorphic belts. The pioneering work of George Barrow on regional...
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    plates were completely subducted and their remains have formed paired metamorphic belts. The most recent complete subduction of a plate was that of the...
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    convergent plate boundary Paired metamorphic belts – Sets of juxtaposed linear rock units that display contrasting metamorphic mineral assemblages Ring...
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    lithic sandstones. Paired metamorphic belts, in which a belt of high-temperature, low-pressure metamorphism is located parallel to a belt of low-temperature...
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  • tectonics and meteorites. In the 1960s he introduced the concept of paired metamorphic belts. In 1973 Miyashiro challenged the common conceptions of ophiolites...
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