ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Mylonitic

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Mylonitic is an adjective meaning Containing mylonite.

Meaning

Containing mylonite.

Example Sentences

Fibrous strain fringes up to ~12 mm long surrounding large (~5 mm) pyrites were collected from mylonitic carbonate-rich slates of Aptian age [~110 million years ago (Ma)] in the immediate hanging wall of a north-directed thrust of the Northern Pyrenees near Lourdes, France.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include foliation, montmorillonitic, montmorilonitic, lithian, majoritic, dioritic.

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