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Great depth means great heat and pressure.
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Where do rocks melt?
At depths of about 50 to 200 km below Earth's surface Rocks melt at depths at 50 and 200 km below the Earth's surface.
Would gneiss be more likely to form at shallow depths or at great depths where mountains are being pushed up and why?
Shallow depths because gneiss's changes are so great that all traces of the original shale are gone. :) I hope that helped! (: <3
The bending and buckling of rocks under great force produces a fold a fault a rift a epicenter?
a fold
Which rock is formed from another kind of rock under great heat and pressure?
These will be metamorphic rocks:Regional metamorphosis occurs under heat and pressureThermal/contact metamorphosis occurs under heat only
How does igneous rocks form?
Igneous rocks forms when molten rock cools&becomes solid. Igneous rocks that originally formed at great depths can reach Earth's surface over time. Deep rocks may be raised closer to the surface when mountains are pushed up.At the same time , other process can wear away the rocks that cover the deeper rocks
Where would you likely see sedimentary rocks?
under depths of water
Where are foliated and nonfoliated metamorphic rocks formed?
At varying depths under the surface.
If you dig deep in the ground in UK do you get hot rocks or water?
At some depths you will get water. At some depths you will get hot rocks. All depends on location.
How does a frog avoid an environmental extreme?
by hiding under leaf litter, logs, rocks, loose soil, and in the depths of a water source they reside near
How it is possible whether an igneous rock was formed at great depths and shallow depths?
I'm not sure if you question has been translated, or just poorly worded - for my answer I will assume that the question is "How is it possible to determine whether an igneous rock was formed at great depths or shallow depths?"Igneous rock can be basically translated as 'fire rock'...ie, molten stone that has taken form as it cooled. Cooling at shallow depths, or on the surface, such as magma that has come from a volcano and cools at the surface is often rapid - which (in general) makes for a softer stone, often with air pockets visible in it, such as pumice or scoria. Magma that cools far below the surface usually cools much slower, and often under pressure, so it tends to make for a much denser, less pock marked stone, such as granite - rocks that cool slower and under pressure also tend to have a more crystaline structure, rather than the granular structure that is more common in surface cooled rocks.
What does the buckling of rocks under great force produce?
a fault
Where do rocks melt?
At depths of about 50 to 200 km below Earth's surface Rocks melt at depths at 50 and 200 km below the Earth's surface.
Why metamorphic rocks appear to be flattened or crushed?
Becausethey are under a great pressure under the Earth's surface.
How does sedimentry change into metamorphic?
Sedimentary rocks change under great pressure and temperature condition to form metamorphic rocks
What happens when rocks are under great heat and pressure?
it will turn into metamorphic rock
What is the name of the rock that is put under great pressure within the earth?
metamorphic rocks
What is the major environment factor limiting the numbers of autotrophs at great depths in the ocean?
The major environmental factor limiting the numbers of autotrophs at great depths in the ocean is the amount of light reaching those depths
