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Metamorphic Phase Equilibria In A Contact Aureole: Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico., Carissa Dawn Snyder
Metamorphic Phase Equilibria In A Contact Aureole: Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico., Carissa Dawn Snyder
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To characterize the metamorphism in the Tres Hermanas Mountains contact–metamorphic aureole in Luna County, New Mexico, I mapped and collected samples of the Paleozoic strata near the quartz monzonite pluton along the northeast flank of North Peak. Stratigraphy in this area includes the Pennsylvanian undivided unit that is composed of thin-medium interbedded limestone, shale, and sandstone and the Hueco Formation that could be broken out into four members: a pebble–cobble conglomerate marks the base, a medium to massive bedded siliceous limestone is next, followed by a pure limestone member and topped by a breccia bed in places marking the fault …