I agree with Ed Ghent. "Piezothermal array" is a horrible term!!!
"Metamorphic field gradient" is to the point and sounds much nicer
(admittedly a totally subjective viewpoint).
Cheers,
Frank Spear
>I'm not sure about the priority of the term, but I would make the
>suggestion that we use "metamorphic field gradient,"
>which is right to the point. I feel that "piezothermal array,"
>"metamorphiic geotherm," etc., tend to obscure the meaning of the concept.
>
>Ed Ghent
>
>At 02:08 PM 1/5/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>>Dear All,
>>Does anybody know WHO first defined what a "piezothermal array" is - and
>>where?
>>(The line connecting the thermal metamorphic peaks of rocks through
>>depth and time)
>>
>>Kurt Stuewe
>>Institut fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie
>>Universitaet Graz, Heinrichstr 26.
>>A-8010 Graz
>>Austria
>>email: [log in to unmask]
>>Fax: 0043-316-380-9870
>>ph: 0043-316-380-5682
>>http://wegener.kfunigraz.ac.at
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