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The pressure is from the weight of rock and sediment layered on top of the rock in question.
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How does metaporhic rocks form?
Metamorphic rocks are rocks that have "morphed" into another kind of rock. These rocks were once igneous or sedimentary rocks. How do sedimentary and igneous rocks change? The rocks are under tons and tons of pressure, which fosters heat build up, and this causes them to change. If you exam metamorphic rock samples closely, you'll discover how flattened some of the grains in the rock are.
What process changes metamorphic rocks into sedimentary rocks?
Subduction and high pressure.
Are Sedimentary rocks are formed heat and pressure?
No, those are metamorphic rocks.
What rocks result from heat and pressure melting into magma?
sedimentary rocks
What sedimentary rocks form when rocks broken down by weathering and erosion and then compacted together by pressure?
When sedimentary rocks break down and then are compacted by pressure, the resulting rock will be a metamorphic rock.
What causes sedimentary and igneous rocks to change?
by melting and cooling
What causes sedimentary or igneous rocks to turn into metamorphic rock?
Heat and Pressure.
What force causes sedimentary rocks to be transformed into metamorphic rocks?
Pressure and heat from being buried under mountains.
How does metamorphic rock turn to sedimentary rock?
Sedimentary rocks get turned in to metamorphic rocks by heat and pressure. They get heated by magma and convection currents, which causes the rock to change.
What causes fracturing of sedimentary rocks?
Any force applied on it, erosion, pressure and heat from underground.
What causes sedimentary rocks to change into hard rock?
weathering erosion transportation deposition compaction/cementation and lithification changes sediments to sedimentary rocks. High pressure and temperatures changes them to metamophic rocks
Which types of rocks are not metamorphic rocks?
Sedimentary and Igneous rocks are not metamorphic rocks. Metamorphic rocks however are igneous or sedimentary rocks that have undertaken metamorphism (In extreme heat and/or pressure the minerals are forced to recrystalize) and become metamorphic rocks. If the heat/pressure causes the rock to melt into liquid rock than it is no longer metamorphi, it is igneous. Hope this helps :)
What causes sedimentary rocks to become metamorphic rocks?
Sedimentary rock can become metamorphic rock under intense heat and pressure. The heat and pressure do not change the rock's chemical composition, but do change its physical properties like hardness, texture, and structure.
How does metamorphic rocks change into sedimentary rocks?
by heat & pressure
How does metaporhic rocks form?
Metamorphic rocks are rocks that have "morphed" into another kind of rock. These rocks were once igneous or sedimentary rocks. How do sedimentary and igneous rocks change? The rocks are under tons and tons of pressure, which fosters heat build up, and this causes them to change. If you exam metamorphic rock samples closely, you'll discover how flattened some of the grains in the rock are.
What causes change in color in a sedimentary rock?
weathering erosion transportation deposition compaction/cementation and lithification changes sediments to sedimentary rocks. High pressure and temperatures changes them to metamophic rocks
What process changes metamorphic rocks into sedimentary rocks?
Subduction and high pressure.
