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Title

last test

Description

rocks and stuff

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Subject

Geology

Level

Undergraduate 1

Created

11/16/2008

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Term

Metamorphic rocks are formed by

Definition

Pressure, Heat, Hot Fluids

Term

2 ways to classify metamorphic rocks.

Definition

Texture- Foliated layers and non foliated layers

Term

foliated texture

Definition

Slaty, phylliritic, Schiotose,gnessic(mineral bonding)

Term

3 Types of metamorphism

Definition

1.Contact-(heat is most important)
2.Regional-(pressure is most important)
3.Hydrothermal(Hot fluids are most important)

Term

minerals intensify of metamorphism

Definition

1.
2.Garnite-created out of shale
3.Starlit
4.Silimitic