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Metamorphic Rocks Facts Rocks are made up of one or more minerals. Although different rocks can contain the same minerals, they are classified based on the way in which they were formed. Metamorphic rocks form when existing rocks are exposed to heat and pressure deep within the Earth's ...
Metamorphic rocks started out as some other type of rock, but have been substantially changed from their original igneous, sedimentary, or earlier metamorphic form. Metamorphic rocks form when rocks are subjected to high heat, high pressure, hot, mineral-rich fluids or, more commonly, some combina...
Accessories after the facts: Constraining the timing, duration and conditions of high-temperature metamorphic processes High-temperature metamorphic rocks are the result of numerous chemical and physical processes that occur during a potentially long-lived thermal evolution... RJM Taylor,CL Kirkland,C Cla...
Metamorphic rock, any rock that results from the alteration of preexisting rocks in response to changing conditions, such as variations in temperature, pressure, and mechanical stress, and the addition or subtraction of chemical components. The preexisti