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If a rock undergoes horizontal stress, Anticlines and Synclines will form.
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What happens when horizontal stress acts upon a rock?
by differential movements on one set of parallel planes which results in internal rotation of.
What kind of rock is likely to form where the heat the granitic magma is conducted to the limestone country rock?
The rock which will form will be marble because the limestone undergoes metamorphosis (partial recrystallisation).
What is a force that changes a rock's shape or form?
Stress
What is it called when a rock changes?
Metamorphism....A metamorphic rock is a rock formed when it undergoes chemical reactions,tremendous heat and great pressure to form a new kind of rock from an existing one.
What is the principle of horizontality?
Principle of Horizontality: as sediments settle form water, they form horizontal layers of rock. Non-horizontal layers must have suffered some disturbance after they formed.
What type of feature can form when magma hardens horizontal layers of rock?
Sill (D)
What is a protolith?
A metamorphic rock changes from one form to another by intense heat or pressue. The parent rock, or protolith, is the rock that undergoes change. It can be any rock type, sedimentary, igneous, and even metamorphic.
Does a dome mountain form when rising magma is blocked by a horizontal layers of rock?
It can, as the overlying country rock is raised by the buoyant magma.
What type of feature can form when magma hardens between horizontal layers of rock?
Sill (D)
What happens when enough stress builds up in a brittle rock the rock breaks caused a what to form?
Reverse fault
When a sculptor uses a chisel on a rock the rock undergoes a what?
A physical change
When a sculptor uses a chisel on the rock the rock undergoes a?
A physical change
