protomylonite

English

Etymology

From proto- +‎ mylonite.

Noun

protomylonite (countable and uncountable, plural protomylonites)

  1. (petrology) A mylonite where most of the rock volume has not been ground into matrix and so contains its original texture.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.