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The 25 pages that link to Metamorphic facies, each with the reason it gives.

• MetamorphismRelated: Facies connect the minerals formed during metamorphism to the conditions that produced them.

• Metamorphic rockRelated: Facies link the minerals in metamorphic rock to conditions of formation.

• Metamorphic petrologyRelated: Facies classify the conditions recorded by metamorphic mineral assemblages.

• Metamorphic gradeRelated: Facies classify rocks by the conditions that grade describes.

• MetasomatismRelated: Facies help separate pressure–temperature effects from changes caused by fluid chemistry.

• GeothermobarometryRelated: Facies provide a broad geological check on calculated conditions.

• Metamorphic reactionRelated: Facies summarize the mineral products favored by metamorphic reactions under broad conditions.

• Phase equilibriumRelated: Assemblages define facies because stable mineral combinations vary with pressure and temperature.

• PetrographyRelated: Observed mineral assemblages can constrain the conditions recorded by metamorphic rocks.

• FoliationRelated: Foliation and its minerals can be interpreted alongside facies to assess metamorphic conditions.

• ProtolithRelated: The conditions imposed on a protolith help determine which facies develops.

• SchistRelated: Minerals within schist can help identify the facies reached during metamorphism.

• AmphiboliteRelated: Facies relate amphibolite’s minerals to the conditions under which they formed.

• AndalusiteRelated: Andalusite-bearing assemblages help identify low-pressure metamorphic conditions.

• BiotiteRelated: Biotite’s presence and composition can help interpret metamorphic grade and mineral assemblages.

• HornfelsRelated: Hornfels mineral assemblages define contact-metamorphic facies used to interpret conditions.

• SillimaniteRelated: Sillimanite-bearing assemblages identify high-temperature metamorphic conditions.

• KyaniteRelated: Kyanite belongs to assemblages that record relatively high-pressure metamorphism.

• PhylliteRelated: Mineral assemblages in phyllite help geologists infer the conditions of regional metamorphism.

• StauroliteRelated: Staurolite marks particular metamorphic conditions when considered with its associated minerals.

• CummingtoniteRelated: Cummingtonite-bearing assemblages help indicate the conditions under which rocks metamorphosed.