Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Rocks Associated with Plate Boundaries

Ophiolitic Lithologies

Oceanic Lithosphere and Pelagic Sedimentary Veneer

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Peridotite

Tectonic Melange Lithologies

Exotic Blocks of Subduction Zone Lithologies Chaotically Mixed in Pelagic Sediments

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Magmatic Arc Lithologies

Plutonic and Extrusive Igneous Rocks Generated by the Melting of Oceanic Lithosphere

Above a Subduction Zone and Associated Regional Metamorphic Rocks Generated by

Syn-Orogenesis

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Pacific-Tyoe Subduction Zone by Alex Streckeisen

Eclogite

Actinolite Schist

Actinolite Schist

Serpentinite

Serpentinite

Serpentinite

Andesite Porphyry

Andesite Porphyry

Rhyolite Ignimbrite

Rhyolite Ignimbrite

Granite

Granite

Gneiss

Gneiss

Gneiss

Gneiss

Gabbro

Chert

Chert

Basalt

Glaucophane Schist

Glaucophane Schist