Chapter 8: Major Elements - Faculty web pages
Chapter 8: Major Elements - Faculty web pages
Chapter 8: Major Elements - Faculty web pages
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Facies Series<br />
<br />
Miyashiro (1961) initially proposed five facies series,<br />
most of them named for a specific representative “type<br />
locality” The series were:<br />
1. Contact Facies Series (very low-P)<br />
2. Buchan or Abukuma Facies Series (low-P<br />
regional)<br />
3. Barrovian Facies Series (medium-P P regional)<br />
4. Sanbagawa Facies Series (high-P, moderate-T)<br />
5. Franciscan Facies Series (high-P, low T)