Strongly deformed metaconglomerate layer of the Phyllite-Quartzite unit (Lower high-pressure nappes, External Hellenides). The outcrop surface is parallel to the XZ-principal plane of the strain ellipsoid. The elongated pebbles are mainly quartzites. PhotoID 613
Strongly deformed metaconglomerate layer of the Phyllite-Quartzite unit (Lower high-pressure nappes, External Hellenides). The outcrop surface is parallel to the XZ-principal plane of the strain ellipsoid. The elongated pebbles are mainly quartzites. PhotoID 613
Photograph: Paris Xypolias
Reference: Xypolias, P., Kokkalas, S. 2006. Heterogeneous ductile deformation along a mid-crustal extruding shear zone: an example from the External Hellenides (Greece). In: Law, R.D., Searle, M., Godin, L. (eds) Channel flow, ductile extrusion and exhumation of lower-mid crust in continental collision zones. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 268, 497-516.