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METAMORPHIC ROCKS
WHAT IS A METAMORPHIC ROCK?
• Meta – change; morph - form• Any rock that has changed …• Structure• Mineral alignment• Mineral chemistry
WHAT ARE TYPES OF METAMORPHISM?
• Contact metamorphism• Small, local areas
• Regional metamorphism• Large areas
HOW DO METAMORPHIC ROCKS FORM?
• Heat • From the mantle
• Pressure• From the rock layers above
• Fluids• Water can create liquid minerals• Can change a rocks chemistry
• Strain• Due to the force of stress• Fault zones, for example
HOW ARE METAMORPHIC ROCKS CLASSIFIED?
• Foliated• AKA banded, layered• Gneiss, slate, schist
• Nonfoliated• AKA nonbanded,
nonlayered • Marble, quartzite