FAULT ROCKS OF THE MOINE THRUST ZONE: A GUIDE TO THEIR NOMENCLATURE.

Abstract

A SIMPLE NOMENCLATURE CAN BE EXTRACTED FROM THE LITERATURE AS LONG AS GENETIC CONNOTATIONS ARE KEPT TO A MINIMUM. THE SEQUENCE WITH INCREASING SHEAR STRAIN IS COUNTRY ROCK-PROTOMYLONITE-BLASTOMYLONITE-MYLONITE-ULTRAMYLONITE IF THE ROCK HASA WELL DEVELOPED FOLIATION; COUNTRY ROCK-PROTOCATACLASITE-CATACLASITE-ULTRACATACLASITE IF IT IS WITHOUT A FOLIATION.