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Which rocks are formed by the alteration of pre-existing rocks by great heat or pressure?
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Metamorphic rocks.
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What is a rock that is formed with great heat and great pressure?
It is called a metamorphic rock.
What is formed from shale exposed to great pressure?
Slate forms from shale under pressure.
What is a rock formed when high heat and great pressure change existing rocks?
Metamorphic
How do artesian wells form?
Artesian wells formed when pressure is great enough to push any water to the surface.
Gneiss is formed from what rock?
Gneiss is a metamorphic rock. It is formed form another metamorphic rock called schist (sh-ist). Schist is formed form fine grained sedimentary rock (often shale). While gneiss is formed by great pressure from moving plates of the earth's crust.
Which rocks are formed by the alteration of pre-exi sting rocks by great heat or pressure?
metamorphic rock
How marble stone formed?
Marble is formed when limestone is subjected to pressure and great heat.
What is a rock that is formed with great heat and great pressure?
It is called a metamorphic rock.
What is formed from shale exposed to great pressure?
Slate forms from shale under pressure.
How serpentine formed?
Serpentine is a metamorphic mineral, so it was formed by high heat and great pressure, most often from peridotite.
How was serpentine formed?
Serpentine is a metamorphic mineral, so it was formed by high heat and great pressure, most often from peridotite.
What type of rock is formed when other rocks are exposed to great heat and pressure?
Metamorphic.
What is a rock formed when high heat and great pressure change existing rocks?
Metamorphic
Are the diamonds formed the same way as igneous rocks?
No. Igneous rock is formed from the solidification of magma or lava. Diamond is a mineral which is formed at great depth below the surface, from intense pressure and heat.
How do artesian wells form?
Artesian wells formed when pressure is great enough to push any water to the surface.
How is an overthrust formed?
an overhtrust is formed when pressure becomes very great and a fractur occus and the recumbent fold is pushed over the other fomring an over thrust fold
Plants and animals that lived in the oceans formed the fossil fuel called?
Coal is a solid fossil fuel formed in ancient swamps from the remains of plants and animals under great heat and pressure over millions of years. A liquid fossil fuel formed in oceans from the remains of plants and animals under great heat and pressure of millions of years is called oil.
