How does a rock turn into a metamorphic rock?

Answer 1

The parent rock is exposed to varying degrees of pressure and/or heat either from depth of burial, exposure to a plutonic body of intense heat, or from pressures resulting from the collision of tectonic plates. The heat and/or pressure can transform the minerals inside the parent rock to new minerals, cause recrystallization of existing minerals, or reorganize the existing minerals into bands and layers. Exchanges of elements can also occur from hot fluids associated with plutonic intrusions. All of these processes take place without any melting of the parent rock.

Answer 2

Rock changes into a metamorphic rock when the protolith (parent rock) goes through the process of metamorphism. During metamorphism the rock is subjected to high temperature and pressure which causes chemical and physical changes in the rock. The metamorphic process can take place under the earths surface or it can be caused by tectonic processes and also the intrusion of magma into the earths crust.

Answer 3

Solidified magma is called igneous rock. Metamorphic rock is rock that has been changed by heat, pressure, or some other cause: marble from limestone, and slate from shale, are two examples.

Answer 4

A rock turns into a metamorphic rock through the process of metamorphism, which involves heat, pressure, and sometimes fluids changing the mineral composition and texture of the rock. This process typically occurs deep within the Earth's crust where temperatures and pressures are high enough to alter the original rock without melting it completely.

Answer 5

with hundreds of years of heat and pressure.

Answer 6

heat and pressure deep beneath earth's surface can change any rock into metamorphic rock.