Exam 10: Metamorphism: New Rock From Old

Quartzite results from metamorphosed sandstone.

In the figure below,_____facies occur at 550ºC and 600 MPa.

Which of the following metamorphic facies are characteristic of burial metamorphism?

Slate is a type of a high-grade metamorphic rock.

The figure below shows a nonfoliated metamorphic rock.

Explain how geologists use index minerals.

A very fine-grained,low-grade metamorphic rock that results from the metamorphism of shale is known as _____.

Rocks that are metamorphosed at temperatures and pressures higher than 400°C and 400MPa respectively are known as _____ metamorphic rocks.

Which type of metamorphism is associated with orogens?

_____are composite rocks composed of igneous and metamorphic rocks.

A slate belt in eastern North America occurs in the Appalachian Mountains from Georgia to Maine.

According to the figure below,_____ is the temperature at which melting starts.

_____ is the metamorphic rock that forms from the metamorphism of limestone.

Which of the following metamorphic facies forms under the highest temperature and pressure?

What is metasomatism?

_____ deformation includes grinding,crushing,bending,and fracturing.

_____ is the process in which the chemical composition of a rock is altered by addition or removal of materials soluble in fluids.

The temperature in the continental crust increases with depth at a rate of about_____.

In the figure below,burial metamorphism occurs at #4.

Marble and quartzite are both monomineralic metamorphic rocks.