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Figure 2.5 Representative structures, rock types and deformation mechanisms <strong>of</strong> domain III, <strong>the</strong> ultrahigh-strain<br />

zone. They are from highest to lowest structural levels: (a) Angular fragments <strong>of</strong> marble and<br />

calcite (outlined in white) within a chaotic carbonate matrix. (b) Well-rounded clasts <strong>of</strong> quartz, feldspar<br />

and phyllosilicate within a matrix <strong>of</strong> fine-grained calcite. (c) High-strain south-dipping tectonic foliation<br />

(S 1 ) within a pelitic schist. (d) High-strain schist composed <strong>of</strong> feldspar porphyroclasts exhibiting bent<br />

twins, patchy undulose extinction, and abundant grain-scale fractures, including anti<strong>the</strong>tic micro-faulting<br />

(red arrows), within a matrix dominated by fine-grained dynamically recrystallized quartz. (e) Dextrally<br />

sheared mica fish within a matrix <strong>of</strong> high-strain dynamically recrystallized quartz (viewed to <strong>the</strong> south). (f)<br />

Intensely attenuated and dynamically recrystallized quartz grains exhibiting subgrain extinction and<br />

bulging (red arrows). Dotted red line shows length <strong>of</strong> a single elongate quartz grain. Abbreviations: cal -<br />

calcite, fld - feldspar, ms – muscovite, qtz – quartz.<br />

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