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Understanding Metamorphic Rocks and Processes

Metamorphic rocks are formed from any type of rock through heat and pressure without melting. There are two main types of metamorphism: regional and contact, which affect large areas or rocks in contact with magma, respectively. Metamorphic rocks can be classified into foliated and nonfoliated types based on their mineral composition and structure.

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Understanding Metamorphic Rocks and Processes

Metamorphic rocks are formed from any type of rock through heat and pressure without melting. There are two main types of metamorphism: regional and contact, which affect large areas or rocks in contact with magma, respectively. Metamorphic rocks can be classified into foliated and nonfoliated types based on their mineral composition and structure.

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Metamorphic

Rocks
Metamorphi
Metamorphism Rocks
Any type of rock, igneous rock,
sedimentary rock, or
metamorphic can become a
metamorphic rock. All that is
needed is enough heat and/or
pressure to alter the existing
rock’s physical or chemical
makeup without melting the rock
entirely.
Metamorphi
Metamorphism Rocks
The word metamorphism is from
the Greek words “change of
form”
Two types of
Metamorphi
Metamorphism Rocks
• Regional metamorphism: Changes in
enormous quantities of rock over a wide area
caused by the extreme pressure from
overlying rock or from compression caused by
geologic processes. Deep burial exposes the
rock to high temperatures.
• Contact metamorphism: Changes in a rock
that is in contact with magma because of the
magma’s extreme heat.
Examples of MetamorphicMetamorphi
Rocks Rocks
Types of Metamorphic Metamorphi
Rocks Rocks
Foliated Metamorphic Rocks
Foliated metamorphic rocks are named for their style of foliation. However, a more
complete name of each particular type of foliated metamorphic rock includes the
main minerals that the rock comprises, such as biotite-garnet schist rather than just
schist.
• Slate
• Phyllite
• Schist
• Amphibolite
• Gneiss
• Migmatite
Types of Metamorphic Metamorphi
Rocks Rocks
Nonfoliated Metamorphic Rocks
Rocks that lack a planar (oriented) fabric, either because the minerals did not grow under
differential stress, or because the minerals that grew during metamorphism are not
minerals that have elongate or flat shapes. Because they lack foliation, these rocks are
named entirely on the basis of their mineralogy.
• Hornfels
• Amphibolite
• Quartzite
• Marble
Factors that controls Metamorphi
Metamorphic processes Rocks
Main factors that controls Metamorphism
• Mineral composition
• Temperature
• Pressure
• Fluids
• Time
Metamorphi
c Rocks
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