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When the metamorphic rock breaks down into sediment. Thus, making the new rock sedimentary because when sediment forms together over time it makes it sedimentary rock
Tiara Lebsack
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∙ 13y agoBy being buried and having their nature changed by heat and pressure. Metamorphism is the name given to this process.
Generally new minerals will be formed, but not necessarily so, as the example of limestone-to-marble demonstrates.
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∙ 12y agoheat and pressure can change one metamorphic rock to another
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What processes must a sedimentary rock go through to become a metamorphic rock?
what processes must sedimentary rock go through to become a metamorphic rock
When sedimentary rock melts what does it become?
It turns into a metamorphic rock.
What does sedimentary rock become when it is metamorphosed?
It becomes a metamorphic rock. Sandstone can metamorphose into quartzite. Limestone can metamorphose into marble. Shale can metamorphose into slate.
Is Kimberlite a metamorphic rock?
a sedimentary rock, a sedimentary rock is one that has sediments or minerals that create layers this rock is formed when preasure is put upon it.
What type of rocks are metamorphic rocks formed from?
Any rock can become a metamorphic rock. To become a metamorphic rock the rock must undergo heat and/or pressure, but not so much that the rock melts. Should the rock melt it would become an igneous rock.
What process must a sedimentary rock go through to become a metamorphic rock?
what processes must sedimentary rock go through to become a metamorphic rock
What processes must a sedimentary rock go through to become a metamorphic rock?
what processes must sedimentary rock go through to become a metamorphic rock
What can a metamorphic rock become?
A pre-existing, igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock.
Can a metamorphic rock break in half then one half turns into a igneous rock and the other into a sedimentary rock?
The only way a metamorphic rock can become a sedimentary rock is if it is eroded and the pieces settle in a body of water and eventually become sedimentary rock. A whole piece of metamorphic rock is never going to become , by itself, a piece of sedimentary rock.
What other kind of rock can sedimentary rock become?
Metamorphic
What sedimentary rock will become the metamorphic rock quartzite?
sandstone
When sedimentary rock melts what does it become?
It turns into a metamorphic rock.
Is there a sentence with the word rock cycle?
Igneous rock can weather and become sedimentary rock . Metamorphic rock can be melted in a volcano and become igneous rock. Igneous rock and sedimentary rock can be heated and pressurized to form metamorphic rock.
What type of rock can become sedimentary?
Any type of rock, igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary, can become eroded and re-deposited and cemented together to become a new sedimentary rock.
How could metamorphic rock become a sedimentary rock?
When sedimentary rock undergoes enough heat and pressure, it becomes metamorphic rock. A classic example of this is when shale becomes slate.
What types of rocks can become sedimentary rock?
Any type of rock, igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary, can become eroded and re-deposited and cemented together to become a new sedimentary rock.
Can metamorphic rock become sedimentary rock?
by heat and very great pressure
