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3.3. Volcanic Energy ...................................................................................... 23<br />
3.4. Emplacement and eruptive history <strong>of</strong> the Cadillac Mountain<br />
Intrusive Complex ................................................................................... 25<br />
4. THERMAL FRAMEWORK FOR CONTACT METAMORPHISM ................... 26<br />
4.1. Characteristics <strong>of</strong> Contact Metamorphism .............................................. 26<br />
4.1.1. Conductive, Convective, and Advective Heat Transfer................... 27<br />
4.2. Contact Metamorphism in the Shatter Zone ........................................... 28<br />
4.3. Methods for Contact Metamorphic Thermal Modeling ............................ 29<br />
4.3.1. Model Setup ................................................................................... 34<br />
4.3.2. Results and Discussion .................................................................. 39<br />
4.4. Evidence for an Actively Mixing Chamber .............................................. 42<br />
5. ROCK MECHANICS AND THE FRACTAL BEHAVIOR OF ROCK ............... 44<br />
5.1. Brittle Failure <strong>of</strong> Rock ............................................................................. 45<br />
5.1.1. Basic Principles <strong>of</strong> Griffith Fracture Theory .................................... 45<br />
5.1.2. The Self-Similarity <strong>of</strong> Fracture Patterns .......................................... 48<br />
5.2. Fractal Theory ......................................................................................... 49<br />
5.3. Quantitative Methods <strong>of</strong> Breccia Classification ....................................... 51<br />
5.3.1. Clast Size Distribution .................................................................... 51<br />
5.3.2. The Fractal Dimension-Brecciation Mechanism Link for Clast<br />
Size Distribution ............................................................................. 54<br />
5.3.3. Clast Boundary Shape.................................................................... 57<br />
5.3.4. The Fractal Dimension-Brecciation Mechanism Link for Clast<br />
Boundary Shape ............................................................................. 61<br />
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