Metamorphic Rocks
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Todd Rose
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Metamorphic Rocks
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What metamorphic feature is being illustrated in this sample of schist.
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This sample of marble is illustration foliation.
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Which metamorphic feature is being illustrated by this sample of slate?
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Metamorphism of Shale
Under low-grade metamorphism will become slate
Under medium-grade will become phyllite or schist
Under high-grade will become gneiss
Under High-T/Low-P of contact metamorphism will become Hornfels
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Metamorphism of Igneous Rocks
Basalt will become greenstone (shown with veins) or greenschist
Rhyolite becomes metarhyolite and then schist
Plutonic granite becomes deformed granite or gneiss
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Major causes of metamorphism
Contact metamorphism, when rock comes into close contact with a heat source such like a magma chamber
Regional metamorphism, when stress from tectonic collisions creates large scale metamorphism
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Multiple Choice
The type of metamorphism shown here that is caused by the collision of two continental plates is
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The type of metamorphism displayed here in the Marin Headlands was caused by
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