Metamorphic Mashup
As the intensity of rock deformation increases, the rocks get folded and cooked to the point where some of the original beds get softened and partially melted. At this point, they’re a mush: picture the fancy brands of toothpaste that have different colors in them, and how those bands of color get reshaped as you squeeze them out of the tube. What had been continuous layers break up, and you find chunks of what had been thicker, stiffer beds disconnected and “swimming” in the thinner, softer beds, which have turned to mush.
Metamorphic Mashup portrays this resulting rock type nicely. We’ve shown it here in a New England setting, where it is very common, but if you drive up into the Front Range in Colorado, or into some parts of the California coastline, you’ll see the same pattern.
Dimensions are 21 inches by 7 inches, with about a half inch of relief.
As the intensity of rock deformation increases, the rocks get folded and cooked to the point where some of the original beds get softened and partially melted. At this point, they’re a mush: picture the fancy brands of toothpaste that have different colors in them, and how those bands of color get reshaped as you squeeze them out of the tube. What had been continuous layers break up, and you find chunks of what had been thicker, stiffer beds disconnected and “swimming” in the thinner, softer beds, which have turned to mush.
Metamorphic Mashup portrays this resulting rock type nicely. We’ve shown it here in a New England setting, where it is very common, but if you drive up into the Front Range in Colorado, or into some parts of the California coastline, you’ll see the same pattern.
Dimensions are 21 inches by 7 inches, with about a half inch of relief.
As the intensity of rock deformation increases, the rocks get folded and cooked to the point where some of the original beds get softened and partially melted. At this point, they’re a mush: picture the fancy brands of toothpaste that have different colors in them, and how those bands of color get reshaped as you squeeze them out of the tube. What had been continuous layers break up, and you find chunks of what had been thicker, stiffer beds disconnected and “swimming” in the thinner, softer beds, which have turned to mush.
Metamorphic Mashup portrays this resulting rock type nicely. We’ve shown it here in a New England setting, where it is very common, but if you drive up into the Front Range in Colorado, or into some parts of the California coastline, you’ll see the same pattern.
Dimensions are 21 inches by 7 inches, with about a half inch of relief.