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    Metamorphism

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    The document discusses metamorphism, which is the process where rocks undergo changes in their mineralogical and textural composition due to changes in physical and chemical conditions like temperature, pressure, and fluid content, without passing through a molten phase. Some key points are: - Metamorphism occurs through solid-state reactions and transformations within rocks over long periods of time. - Changes can include mineral growth, changes in mineral grain size/shape, and formation of new minerals. - Metamorphism is caused by increases in temperature and pressure from processes like magma intrusion, tectonic plate movement, and burial depth.

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    The document discusses metamorphism, which is the process where rocks undergo changes in their mineralogical and textural composition due to changes in physical and chemical conditions like temperature, pressure, and fluid content, without passing through a molten phase. Some key points are: - Metamorphism occurs through solid-state reactions and transformations within rocks over long periods of time. - Changes can include mineral growth, changes in mineral grain size/shape, and formation of new minerals. - Metamorphism is caused by increases in temperature and pressure from processes like magma intrusion, tectonic plate movement, and burial depth.

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    The document discusses metamorphism, which is the process where rocks undergo changes in their mineralogical and textural composition due to changes in physical and chemical conditions like temperature, pressure, and fluid content, without passing through a molten phase. Some key points are: - Metamorphism occurs through solid-state reactions and transformations within rocks over long periods of time. - Changes can include mineral growth, changes in mineral grain size/shape, and formation of new minerals. - Metamorphism is caused by increases in temperature and pressure from processes like magma intrusion, tectonic plate movement, and burial depth.

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    The document discusses metamorphism, which is the process where rocks undergo changes in their mineralogical and textural composition due to changes in physical and chemical conditions like temperature, pressure, and fluid content, without passing through a molten phase. Some key points are: - Metamorphism occurs through solid-state reactions and transformations within rocks over long periods of time. - Changes can include mineral growth, changes in mineral grain size/shape, and formation of new minerals. - Metamorphism is caused by increases in temperature and pressure from processes like magma intrusion, tectonic plate movement, and burial depth.

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     The process when a rock changes its form into a new one

    without undergoing melting or disintegration.


     Change occurs in solid state.
     The original rock or the protolith undergoes mineralogical
    and textual changes due to modification of its physical or
    chemical environment.
     The shape, size and arrangement of grains in the rock may
    change and the new minerals may grow.
     The transformation may take thousands to millions of years.
    The changes in shape and size of minerals
    without changing its identity.
     The process that transforms a grain of another
    mineral having the same composition but different
    crystal structure.
     Growth of new minerals that differ from those in the
    protolith.

     Chemical reactions digest the existing minerals to


    produce new minerals sometimes with the aid of
    hydrothermal fluids.
     The dissolution of mineral grains when a rock is squeezed
    dominantly in one direction at relatively low temperature
    and pressure and in the presence of water.

     The dissolved minerals migrates and precipitates


    elsewhere with aid of water.

     Cause grain to change shape – shorter in one direction and


    longer in the other.
     Occurs when some minerals become flattened or
    elongated without changing either the composition or
    crystal structure due to their plastic behavior when
    exposed to high temperature and pressure.
     Temperature and pressure change along with
    increasing depth.
     An intruding magma can cause metamorphism because of
    its high temperature and the presence of hydrothermal
    fluid.

     The magma cools but the surrounding rock heats up.

     Example: Marble
     Faulting near the surface of the Earth causes rocks to break
    into angular fragments or to powder.
     At greater depths, rocks behave like plastic as they
    sheared during faulting because of higher temperature.
     Leads to crystallization of minerals in fault zones.
     Only involves shearing and does not require change in
    temperature or pressure.
     Example: Mylonite.
     In convergent plate boundaries, large slices of crusts slip up over other
    portions of the crust.
     Materials that were once situated near the surface are transported at
    greater depths.
     The protolith is subjected to higher temperature due to geothermal
    gradient and igneous activity.
     It also experiences higher pressure due to the weight of overlying
    rocks.
     It is also subjected to differential stress due to plate movement.
     Example: Foliated metamorphic rocks
     Occurs when the dominant for is directed away from each
    other.

     It stretches the rocks, causing as elongation parallel to the


    direction of stress and shortening perpendicular to
    direction of stress.
     Formed when the dominant force is directed towards each
    other.

     It squeezes the rocks causing shortening parallel to the


    direction of stress and elongation of perpendicular to the
    stress direction.
     Develops when the two dominant force are directed
    towards each other but not along the same axis.

     It results to slippage and translation.


     The resulting change in the rocks due to the
    different types of stress is called strain.

     It is the change in size, shape or volume of the rock


    subjected to stress.

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