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When a rock undergoes heat and pressure the minerals decided may line up to form layers true or false?
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How does a sedimentary rocks turn into a metamorphic rock?
By exposure to heat and/or pressure through depth of burial, directed pressure, or proximity to a magma source. Existing minerals can recrystallize, non-hydrous minerals can replace hydrous minerals, new minerals can be formed from the introduction of new ions from heated solutions, and minerals can become flattened and aligned in parallel layers.
What is consisting of layers of different minerals?
foliated
Why do minerals in metamorphic rocks often rearrange in layers?
The alignment of minerals into bands (foliation) is caused by the massive force of pressure and high temperature which results from mountain building processes caused by plate collisions. The heat and pressure combine to realign the existing minerals from a random orientation to one of parallel orientation, thus creating the visible lines or platy cleavages found in foliated metamorphic rocks. The lines of foliation are created perpendicularly to the force being applied.
What is a fosil?
A fossil is the prehistoric remains of a plant or animal. After an animal or plant dies, it may be buried under many layers of mud, sand, or rock, and under intense pressure a replica of that animal or plant is formed from minerals.
Can various layers of minerals be easily seen in gneiss?
Yes, and it looks very gneiss.
How are earths layers alike and different?
i think they all are in the earth and are all layers and have minerals and are hot and have pressure
How are the earths layers alike and different?
i think they all are in the earth and are all layers and have minerals and are hot and have pressure
What condition produces the distinct layers of flat and elongated minerals in the foliated metamorphic rocks?
High Pressure.
How does a metamorphic turn into a sedimentary rock?
By exposure to heat and/or pressure through depth of burial, directed pressure, or proximity to a magma source. Existing minerals can recrystallize, non-hydrous minerals can replace hydrous minerals, new minerals can be formed from the introduction of new ions from heated solutions, and minerals can become flattened and aligned in parallel layers.
How does metamorphic rock turn into sedimentary rock?
By exposure to heat and/or pressure through depth of burial, directed pressure, or proximity to a magma source. Existing minerals can recrystallize, non-hydrous minerals can replace hydrous minerals, new minerals can be formed from the introduction of new ions from heated solutions, and minerals can become flattened and aligned in parallel layers.
How does a sedimentary rocks turn into a metamorphic rock?
By exposure to heat and/or pressure through depth of burial, directed pressure, or proximity to a magma source. Existing minerals can recrystallize, non-hydrous minerals can replace hydrous minerals, new minerals can be formed from the introduction of new ions from heated solutions, and minerals can become flattened and aligned in parallel layers.
Metamorphic rock that show layers of dark minerals alternatin with layers of light minerals are classified as?
Foliated is the correct answer!!!
Foliation is the arrangement of minerals in?
Foliation is the arrangement of minerals in parallel layers.
What happen to rock when metamorphism takes place?
It is altered physically by pressure and heat and can align the existing minerals into layers or bands called foliations; new minerals may be formed from the minerals that existed before the metamorphism; aqueous solutions between rock particles are squeezed out; and existing minerals may recrystallize.
What is consisting of layers of different minerals?
foliated
Consisting of layers of different minerals is?
foliated
Why do clay minerals change to mica in the metamorphism of shale?
Because it does,that the main reason jkThe mild heat and pressure that changes clay into shale causes the minerals in the clay to align and compress into more crystalline layers, ie. mica.
