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tectonite Petrol.|ˈtɛktənaɪt|
[ad. G. tektonit (B. Sander), f. Gr. τέκτων, -ον-, carpenter, builder: see -ite1.]
A rock whose fabric shows evidence of differential movement during its formation.
1933Amer. Jrnl. Sci. CCXXV. 433 Rocks that owe their present characters to..the integration of differential movements, he [sc. Sander] calls tectonites in distinction to non-tectonites, which are formed under conditions involving no differential movement. 1950Geol. Mag. LXXXVII. 331 (heading) Note on two lineated tectonites. 1960Turner & Verhoogen Igneous & Metamorphic Petrol. (ed. 2) xxiii. 638, B-tectonites are tectonites in whose fabrics a linear parallelism of elements with reference to the b (= B) axis of the fabric is the outstanding structural feature. |