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What type of metamorphic facies associated with the subduction of oceanic crust and sediments forms at very high pressure but moderately low temperature

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Metamorphism under very high pressures and relatively low temperatures, such as occurs along subduction zones, constitutes the Blueschist Facies because basalt and shale metamorphosed under these conditions often contain blue amphiboles called glaucophane.

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