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Shale rocks are formed in the deep waters of swaps, oceans and lakes where the water is still and the fine clay and silt particles are able to settle to the floor. Shale rocks can easily erode due to weathering.
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∙ 14y agoSlate forms from shale (or other rocks composed primarily of clay minerals) due to low grade metamorphism.
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∙ 10y agoShale is not metamorphic. It is a sedimentary rock formed from clay or silt.
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∙ 10y agoForms from the rock cycle, the process is called compaction
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What rocks can turn into schist?
Shale
The rock type which results from metamorphosed shale is?
Shale can metamorphose into slate, which can metamorphose into phyllite, which can metamorphose into schist, which can metamorphose into gneiss.
What sequence of change in rock type occurs as shale is subjected to increasing heat and pressure?
shale → slate → phyllite → schist → gneiss
Is schist rare?
No. Shale is the most common sedimentary rock exposed on the surface of Earth.
What sedimentary rock does shale turn into?
Slate is metamorphosed shale.
What kind of rock is formed from the metamorphic of shale?
The first metamorphic rock to form from shale is slate. With further metamorphosis you get phyllite, then schist, then gneiss.
What rock does schist come from?
shale
What rocks can turn into schist?
Shale
What does schist begin as?
As you increase the temperature and pressure of Shale it metamorphism occurs. It changes in this order: Shale > Slate > Phyllite > Schist > Gneiss > Migmatite
What is Mica Schist and Phyllites Protolith?
Shale.
How does shale become schist?
under heat and pressure
What is the metamorphic equivalent shale?
Slate, after that it can continue to schist.
What is the metamorphic progression of shale?
Shale > Slate > Phyllite > Schist > Gneiss > Migmatite > Complete Melt
What igneous rock can be changed into schist?
Shale is the only sedimentary rock which can be changed into schist.
What rock do schist rocks form from?
If you apply shale with intense heat and pressure. you'll get slate. Now just apply intense heat and pressure to the slate an over time you'll get your schist
Does shale form from gneiss?
It can, indirectly. Shale is a sedimentary rock. Like many rocks, gneiss can be weathered down to very fine particles to the point that it becomes clay or silt. Those particles can then settle on the bottom of a body of water as mud. Under the pressure of burial, that mud can become shale. However, gneiss can also form from shale. Under long exposure to enormous heat and pressure shale will becomes slate, further heating and pressure will turn slate into phyllite, phyllite into schist, and schist into gneiss.
Is a metamorpic rock formed from shale?
yes, it's slate. it goes from shale to slate to phyllite to mica schist.
