METAMORPHISM- THE PROCESS OF FORMING METAMORPHIC ROCKS WITHIN THE LITHOSPHERE, MAKING THE ROCKS MORE DENSE AND LESS POROUS. PARENT ROCK- THE ROCK WHICH BECOMES METAMORPHOSED MORE DENSE AND LESS POROUS THEN THE PARENT ROCK FROM WHICH IT FORMED CAUSED BY INTENSE HEAT AND PRESSURE ON THE ROCK ...
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Below:This pile of erratics is where the tillite shown above was found. Erratics are rocks that have been transported from another area by glaciers. Most of these are metamorphic rocks that came from the Hudson Bay area of Canada. A farmer placed them in this pile just west of Three But...
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The majority of mountain ranges found on Earth are predominately made of metamorphic rock. However, metamorphic rocks only form deep in the Earth when intense heat and pressure force existing rock to change their crystalline structure to create a new kind of rock. The processes involved in the ...
The metamorphic rocks have a crystalline structure, often contain well-formed crystals imbedded in them and often bands of crystalline substances extending through them.These rocks are not in the condition in which they were originally laid down, but are modified forms of either the igneous or sedi...
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But if metamorphic rocks get caught in a subduction zone where one piece of crust is pushing under another, they may find themselves transformed back into magma. 8. Our moon quakes (Image credit: Getty Images) Earth's moon looks rather dead and inactive. But in fact, moonquakes, or "...
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