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a domal uplift of deep metamorphic rock exhumed beneath a low-angle detachment fault during large-magnitude crustal extension.

In tectonics, metamorphic core complex refers to a domal uplift of deep metamorphic rock exhumed beneath a low-angle detachment fault during large-magnitude crustal extension. This meaning comes from Coney (1980) in Cordilleran Metamorphic Core Complexes.[1]

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References

Coney, P. J. (1980). Cordilleran metamorphic core complexes: An overview. In Cordilleran Metamorphic Core Complexes (pp. 7-31). Geological Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1130/mem153-p7

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