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What type of rock forms due to the weight of the overlying rocsks?
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Bural metamorphism occurs when hot magma or lava comes in contact with rock?
No. This is contatc metamorphism. Burial metamorphism occurs when rock is altered due to the weight of overlying rock.
What are particles eroded from a layer of rock that become incorporated in an overlying rock record?
The answer is the principle of inclusions.
Which one of these pushes the overlying rock into a dome shape Batholith or laccolith?
A laccolith pushes the overlying rock into a dome shape. It is a type of intrusive igneous rock formation that is formed when magma pushes its way into the layers of overlying rock but does not reach the surface. The pressure causes the rock layers above to uplift and form a dome-like structure. Batholiths, on the other hand, are large underground bodies of igneous rock that can cover an area of several hundred square kilometers but do not typically create a dome shape.
What is the land form that forms when mass of hardened magma is uplifted causing layers of rock to bend upward?
It can, as the overlying country rock is raised by the buoyant magmaRead more: Does_a_dome_when_hardened_magma_is_uplifted_and_pushes_up_horizontal_layers_of_rock
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.
Which type of rock forms due to the weight of the overlying rocks?
Metamorphic
Which type of rock forms due to the weight of overlying rocks?
Metamorphic
Which type of rock forms due to weight of the overlying rocks?
Metamorphic
What generates the pressure required for metamorphism?
Pressure from weight of overlying rock.
What occurs when the weight of overlying sediment forces the sediment grains to fuse?
A sedimentary rock is formed.
Bural metamorphism occurs when hot magma or lava comes in contact with rock?
No. This is contatc metamorphism. Burial metamorphism occurs when rock is altered due to the weight of overlying rock.
What are the relative ages of igneous intrusion and overlying sedimentary rock layers that dome upward?
The intrusion is younger than the overlying sedimentary rock.
Why is there so much more pressure exerted on the earths core than the earths surface?
Pressure is the weight of an overlying column of material. The pressure at the core comes from 6400km of overlying rock, which is much denser than air
Why is there so much more pressure exerted on the earth's core than on the earth's surface?
Pressure is the weight of an overlying column of material. The pressure at the core comes from 6400km of overlying rock, which is much denser than air
What rock forms when sediment is squezed into layers by the weight of the rock above it?
Metamorphic rock.
Heat from earths interior and pressure from overlying rock transform the remains of marine sediments into?
rock
Heat from earth's interior and pressure from overlying rock transform the remains of marine sediments into?
rock
