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If granite were subjected to intense heat and pressure it would most likely change to?
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If enough heat and pressure is applied (40000 to 60000 times atmospheric pressure and 900 to 1300 degrees Celsius), granite or any other allotrope of carbon can be turned into diamond.
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If granite were subjected to intense heat and pressure it would likely change to?
gneiss
When granite is subjected to high enough amounts of heat and pressure to change it but not melt it granite changes into what type of rock?
It would become metamorphic rock.
What geologic process change granite igneous rock into gneiss metamorphic rock?
Heat and pressure cause granite to change to gneiss.
How is gneiss rock formed?
Gneiss is formed from pre-existing rocks that are subjected to intense directional pressure and heat, causing an alignment of their constituent minerals into parallel bands, a texture that is referred to as foliation.
What existing rock can change into another type of rock when it is subjected to great?
when it is subject to great pressure
If granite were subjected to intense heat and pressure it would likely change to?
gneiss
How can granite change into metamorphic without changing into sedimentary?
Granite becomes metamorphic by being subjected to immense heat and pressure, turning into gneiss.
When granite is subjected to high enough amounts of heat and pressure to change it but not melt it granite changes into what type of rock?
It would become metamorphic rock.
Which type of change takes place when granite turns into gneiss?
Granite does not turn into limestone. Granite is an igneous rock originating from volcanic activity. Limestone is a sedimentary rock laid down in the oceans millions of years ago. Limestone does turn into marble when subjected to huge pressures and heat. It is found areas with a lot of seismic activity like Itlay and Turkey.
What does granite change into when put under pressure?
slate
How are igneous rocks and metamorphic rocks similar?
They both are formed by intense heat. However, metamorphic rocks are formed by intense heat and pressure, while igneous rocks are just dried lava/magma.
How does the rock granite change to the rock gneiss?
Heat and pressure
How does granite rock change to gniess?
When emplaced granite is subjected to pressures and temperatures from mountain building processes due to tectonic plate movements, the component minerals are essentially realigned perpendicularly to the direction of the stress.
What step in the rock cycle can change a granite to a sand stone?
Heat and pressure
How can granite change to metamorphic without changing into sedimentary?
Through heat and pressure
What geologic process change granite igneous rock into gneiss metamorphic rock?
Heat and pressure cause granite to change to gneiss.
When graphite is subjected to very high temperature and pressure does it change to a diamond?
Graphite has its own atomic structure of its basic carbon atoms. Subjecting it to very high temperature and pressure would not change its structure. Carbon, when subjected to very high temperature and pressure can be crystallized into diamond structures.
