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What are the Three types of metamorphism?

contact metamorphism, regional metamorphism, dynamic metamorphism


What are agents of metamorphism?

Heat and pressure.


What are the 4 ways by which metamorphism may occur?

Metamorphism can occur through contact metamorphism, where rocks are altered by heat from nearby magma; regional metamorphism, where rocks are subjected to high pressure and temperature over a large area; burial metamorphism, where rocks are subjected to increased pressure from being buried deep underground; and dynamic metamorphism, where rocks are deformed under high pressure but low temperature conditions along faults or shear zones.


What are the stages of metamorphism?

Metamorphism typically involves three stages: prograde metamorphism, in which rocks are subjected to increasing temperature and pressure causing mineral changes; peak metamorphism, where rocks reach their maximum temperature and pressure conditions; and retrograde metamorphism, where rocks begin to cool and the minerals may change back to their original forms.


What metamorphism is caused by extreme heat and pressure and also caused by a meteorite collision with earth?

The metamorphism caused by extreme heat and pressure is known as regional metamorphism. When a meteorite collides with the Earth, it can create impact metamorphism in the surrounding rocks, characterized by high pressures and temperatures from the impact event.


The three agents of metamorphism are?

The three agents of metamorphism are heat, pressure, and chemically active fluids. Heat is responsible for increasing temperature, pressure for increasing stress and confining pressure, and chemically active fluids for introducing new minerals through the process of metamorphism.


What are the types of rock metamorphism?

Types of metamorphism are Contact Metamorphism Regional Metamorphism Cataclastic Metamorphism Hydrothermal Metamorphism Burial Metamorphism Shock Metamorphism (Impact Metamorphism)


What is a change in rocks caused by heat and pressure?

Metamorphism


What are the 2 driving forces of metamorphism?

Heat and pressure.


When there is directed pressure on a rock metamorphism may?

Dynamic


What environment is Metamorpism in?

Metamorphism is a PROCESS. metamorphism is the process of change that occurs to rocks when they are subject to heat, pressure or both.


Compare and contrast contact metamorphism and regional metamorphism.?

Contact metamorphism is the process of forming rocks from the heat of magma intrusion. Regional metamorphism, meanwhile, is the process of forming rocks by pressure and heat at plate boundaries.