What Type of Environment Is Typified by Brittle Deformation

question 31

Multiple Choice

What type of environment is typified by brittle deformation?

• A) shallow very high temperature settings as in contact metamorphism
• B) intermediate depths with long slow heating and gradual strain rates
• C) deep burial with great confining pressure
• D) shallow, low temperature settings with high strain rates

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