Chapter 21: Metamorphism - Faculty web pages
Chapter 21: Metamorphism - Faculty web pages
Chapter 21: Metamorphism - Faculty web pages
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Stress• Lithostatic pressure is uniform stress (hydrostatic)• Deviatoric stress = unequal pressure in differentdirections• Three mutually perpendicular stress (σ)(components:σ 1 is the maximum principal stressσ 2 is an intermediate principal stressσ 3 is the minimum principal stress• In hydrostatic situations all three are equal