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metamorphic rock
Table of Contents
Introduction
Metamorphic variables
Temperature
Pressure
Rock composition
Classification into four chemical systems
Thermodynamics of metamorphic assemblages
Metamorphic reactions
Reactions in a kaolinite-quartz system
Reactions of other mineral systems
Isograds
Principal types
Retrograde metamorphism
Textural features
Major features
Lamination
Structural features
Metamorphic facies
Facies series
Pressure-temperature-time paths
Origin of metamorphic rocks: types of metamorphism
Hydrothermal metamorphism
Dynamic metamorphism
Contact metamorphism
Sanidinite facies
Pyroxene-hornfels facies
Hornblende-hornfels facies
Albite-epidote-hornfels facies
Regional metamorphism
Zeolite facies
Prehnite-pumpellyite facies
Blueschist facies
Eclogite facies
Greenschist facies
Amphibolite facies
Granulite facies
Distribution of metamorphic rocks
Classification of metamorphic rocks
Schist
Slate
Gneiss
Hornfels
Marble
Mylonites and cataclastites
Other classes
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Learn how igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock become one another in the rock cycle
The Earth's surface and crust are constantly evolving through a process called the...
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Images
gneiss
Gneiss displays a well-developed foliation and a poorly developed schistosity and...
© artesiawells/Fotolia
slate
Slate is a fine-grained clayey metamorphic rock that cleaves, or splits, readily...
© Jon Zander
metamorphism of banded gneiss
Banded gneiss produced by metamorphism of quartzofeldspathic sediments in Scotland....
Jane Selverstone
schist and sandstone
Schist (left) is a fine-grained metamorphic rock rich in mica, and sandstone (right)...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
rock cycle
The rock cycle is made up of igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, and metamorphic rocks...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
rock cycle
The rock cycle of processes that slowly build, destroy, and alter the rocks in Earth's...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock made up of granular limestone or dolomite (i.e., rock...
Courtesy of the Mineral Information Institute
photomicrograph of corroded garnet
Photomicrograph showing corroded garnet (gray) surrounded by a corona of cordierite...
Jane Selverstone
Himalayas
The Himalayas, northern Nepal.
© Marta/Fotolia
metamorphic rock: pressure-temperature-time paths
Examples of pressure-temperature-time paths followed by rocks metamorphosed in different...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
crustal generation and destruction
Three-dimensional diagram showing crustal generation and destruction according to...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
slab pull process
The weight of the subducted slab may drag the rest of the tectonic plate toward the...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
tectonic units of Earth's continents
Tectonic units of the continents: shields and the present-day configuration of the...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Slate, a metamorphic rock, showing typical splintery fracture and thin layering (slightly...
John H. Gerard
marble
Close-up of marble.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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