blue schist

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blue schist

(Geological Science) a metamorphic rock formed under conditions of high pressure and relatively low temperature

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Blocks of serpentinite, gabbro, and blue schist are observed throughout the unit, and eclogite blocks are suspected to be present.

Thermal modeling of pluton emplacement and associated contact metamorphism: parashi stock emplacement in the Serrania de Jarara (Alta Guajira, Colombia)

153-82) present data (including color plates of thin-sections) supporting two possible scenarios for the loading of the two types they could geographically source: six tons of blue schist were loaded in Euboea, and then about 1.5 tons of ophiolite were loaded in southern Cyprus; in the second scenario both were loaded at an entrepot in Cyprus.