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What are the two factors that changes igneous and sedimentary rocks to become the third type of rock called metamorphic rocks?
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∙ 13y ago
I just learned this in school. The two factors in the rock cycle to form metamorphic rock are extreme heat and/or pressure
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoweathering. grind it up into sediment, and heat and pressure(and a lot of time) will squeeze the sediment together into a clastic sedimentary rock.
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∙ 14y agoTemperature and pressure.
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∙ 13y agoHeat and Pressure.
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∙ 10y agoCompaction and cementation
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∙ 12y agothe two factors are "pressure and heat"
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∙ 6y agoBy exposure of heat
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