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3. <strong>Quantitative</strong> <strong>analyses</strong> <strong>of</strong> metamorphic microstructures 30preferred orientations <strong>of</strong> grain boundaries in conjunction with their frequencies. Thismay help to better underst<strong>and</strong> the mobility <strong>of</strong> grain boundaries <strong>and</strong> precipitationsor removal <strong>of</strong> different mineral phases.The new open platform, object-oriented MATLAB ® toolbox PolyLX developedby myself, provide several core routines for data exchange, visualization <strong>and</strong> analysis<strong>of</strong> micro<strong>structural</strong> data, which can be run on any platform supported by MATLAB ® .Detailed descriptions <strong>of</strong> toolbox routines <strong>and</strong> methods <strong>of</strong> implementation <strong>of</strong> newtechniques could be find on dedicated webpage http://petrol.natur.cuni.cz/ ondro.The technique was first used in Lexa et al. (2005) where we examined the problem<strong>of</strong> micro<strong>structural</strong> maturity related to the duration <strong>of</strong> two metamorphic events whichoccurred at similar pressure <strong>and</strong> temperature conditions. We analysed samples <strong>of</strong> amphibolites<strong>and</strong> tonalitic gneisses that were affected by ductile deformation associatedwith emplacement <strong>of</strong> thin Carboniferous granodiorite sill. This event was controlledby intense solid state recrystallization due to intense deformation triggered by heatingeffect <strong>of</strong> adjacent granodiorite sill. On the other h<strong>and</strong> we studied similar rocks (amphibolites<strong>and</strong> tonalitic orthogneiss) that recrystallized during long lasting evolution <strong>of</strong>Cambro-Ordovician intracontinental rift. This event reveals much longer thermal timescale compared to the Carboniferous event for surprisingly similar PT conditions. The

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