Multiple Choice
A buried body of shale is subjected to differential stress at temperatures greater than 200ºC,causing clay minerals to grow in preferred orientation and producing slate.This is an example of ____________.
A) diagenesis
B) erosion
C) metamorphism
D) weathering
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Q19: A body of gneiss is subjected to
Q29: Rocks resulting from thermal (contact)metamorphism will not
Q30: _ commonly serves as a protolith in
Q31: The preexisting rock which is subsequently altered
Q32: Dynamothermal metamorphism occurs when _.<br>A) rock becomes
Q37: Metamorphism,in broadest terms,involves _.<br>A) the settling of
Q38: All metamorphic rocks are formed within a
Q39: Metamorphism may be induced by _.<br>A) contact
Q40: Which of the following processes cannot occur