1 the process of returning or allowing something to return to its original size:
data decompression
Last weekend we were all in need of a little decompression.
The condition is often fatal, unless surgical decompression is performed.
Thus, fluids associated with subduction may have been responsible for triggering partial melting of lithosphere already experiencing decompression as a result of extension.
However, if decompression is performed in a controlled manner, the mortality may be reduced.
An attempt was made to discriminate between structures associated with high-pressure metamorphism and crustal thickening, and retrograde structures associated with decompression.
Nearisothermal decompression and partial melting indicate a high geothermal gradient.
Thermobarometric computations (see below) indicate that the above textures reflect the post-peak first decompression experienced by the metagabbros.
The gneisses are characterized by near-isothermal decompression and partial melting.
Figure 2 displays a steep decompression path, which is consistent with rapid exhumation of eclogite, which is also implied by the presence of the symplectites.
