Spiral garnet porphyroblasts are known to record lengthy periods of deformation and metamorphism by preserving single or multiple FIAs(Foliation Intersection Axis)formed normal to tectonic shortening directions.Thanks...
supported in part by grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (41202153);China Council Scholarship (2013693);MLR, China (201211093);Institute of Geology, CAGS (J1101)
A succession of 5 FIA trends(foliation intersection or inflection axes in porphyroblasts) preserved in high temperature-low pressure regime PreCambrian rocks in the Texas Creek, Arkansas River region reflected by th...
Constraints from P-T pseudosections (MnNCKFMASH system), foliation intersection/ inflection axes preserved in porphyroblasts (FIAs), mineral assemblages and textural relationships for rocks containing all three Al...
Successions of FIAs(foliation inflection/intersection axes preserved within porphyroblasts) provide a relative time scale for deformation and metamorphism.In-situ dating of monazite grains preserved as inclusions wi...
FIAs have been used extensively for more than a decade to unravel deformation and metamorphic puzzles. Orogenic processes developing early during the history or orogenesis challenge scientists because compositional la...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant 40102020).
Although porphyroblast microstructures play an important role in structural and metamorphic studies, there are still controversies in the interpretation. The focus is how porphyroblasts grow during deformation and met...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
1 A Method of Determining Early Deformation and Metamorphism History in Orogenic Belts Porphyroblast inclusion trails from orogenic belts represent early-formed foliations composed of oriented metamorphic minerals pre...