Metamorphic Flashcards
1
Q
Contact
A
- surrounding magma body gets cooked and changes
* only at place where magma contacts rocks
2
Q
Regional
A
- tectonic forces
- occurs over large areas with extreme pressures and temperatures
- Himalayas, plates meet, forces rock to bend
3
Q
Parent Rock
A
- rock from which metamorphic rock is formed
* sedimentary or igneous
4
Q
Re crystallization
A
- creation and growth of new minerals
- Original form has been changed by heat and pressure
- not caused by melting, igneous
5
Q
Rocks which are…
A
Intensely compressed can also become metamorphic. More dense and distant to weathering
6
Q
No fossils
A
Heat and pressure destroy them
7
Q
Forms from
A
Heat and pressure
