A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Migmatites from the Mt Odin area, Shuswap Complex, Britsh Columbia, Canada |
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| Description | These migmatites were generated by partial melting of metasedimentary rocks. The light-colored parts of the rock are crystallized melt. The dark-colored parts are the source of the melt (the rock is now comprised of the minerals that did not melt and were left behind when the granitic melt moved into separate layers). |
| Chronostratigraphy | Proterozoic (original metamorphism) ... Eocene (possible later metamorphism and melting) |
| Lithostratigraphy | Omineca belt |
| Geologic province | Shuswap metamorphic core complex |
| Location | Canada ▹ British Columbia. Near Calgary. Mt. Odin. |
| Photographer | Olivier Vanderhaeghe. 1995. |
| Key words | migmatite, metamorphic rock, mountain, melting |
| Tech details | 117 KB. Outcrop. |
| GeoDIL number | 2214 |
| Copyright | Olivier Vanderhaeghe |