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Aureole
Aureole meaning
A circle of light or halo around the head of a deity or a saint. | Any luminous or colored ring that encircles something. | A corona.
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Aplite and porphyry dikes and veins may intrude pegmatites and wall rocks adjacent to intrusions, creating a confused sequence of felsic intrusive apophyses (thin branches or offshoots of igneous bodies) within the aureole of some granites.
Around the igneous rock that forms from the cooling magma is a metamorphosed zone called a contact metamorphism aureole.
Northwest of the volcano, the aureole extends a distance of up to convert and is known as Lycus Sulci (coordN).
The origin of the aureole remains debated, but it was likely formed by huge landslides or gravity-driven thrust sheets that sloughed off the edges of the Olympus Mons shield.
This mechanism has long been cited as an explanation of the Olympus Mons aureole deposits (discussed below). citation Detailed THEMIS daytime infrared image mosaic of Olympus Mons.