Metamorphism is the transformation of existing rock (the protolith) to rock with a different mineral composition or texture. Metamorphism takes place...
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Shock metamorphism or impact metamorphism describes the effects of shock-wave related deformation and heating during impact events. The formation of similar...
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Metamorphism, in geology, is the solid state recrystallisation of rocks under environmental forces. Metamorphism may also refer to: Metamorphism (Merzbow...
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"The Metamorph" is the first episode of the second series of Space: 1999 (and the twenty-fifth overall episode of the programme). The screenplay was written...
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processes that help bring about metamorphism. However, metamorphism can take place without metasomatism (isochemical metamorphism) or at depths of just a few...
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during regional metamorphism accompanying the process of mountain building (orogeny) and usually reflects a medium grade of metamorphism. Schist can form...
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Blueschist (redirect from Blue-schist metamorphism)
temperature conditions which produce this type of metamorphism. List of minerals List of rock types Metamorphism "Blueschist". About.com Education. Archived...
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or chemically to form a different rock, called metamorphic. Regional metamorphism refers to the effects on large masses of rocks over a wide area, typically...
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Metasomatism (redirect from Metasomatic metamorphism)
classical metamorphism which is the in-situ mineralogical change of a rock without appreciable change in the chemistry of the rock. Because metamorphism usually...
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In geology ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism (UHT) is extreme crustal metamorphism with metamorphic temperatures exceeding 900 °C. Granulite-facies rocks...
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Hemimetabolism (redirect from Incomplete metamorphism)
Hemimetabolism or hemimetaboly, also called partial metamorphosis and paurometabolism, is the mode of development of certain insects that includes three...
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Metamorph is the fifth concert tour by South Korean singer Taemin, in support of his fourth Korean EP, Guilty. It began on December 16, 2023, at the Inspire...
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rocks deformed, the pressures and temperatures of metamorphism, and how the deformation and metamorphism varied as a function of space and time. It has been...
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metamorphism at low thermal gradients of <10 °C/km, and the other is amphibolite to granulite facies series that was produced by rifting metamorphism...
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Metamorphic series (redirect from Barrovian metamorphism)
these minerals to form. Buchan metamorphism has the facies series greenschist-amphibolite-granulite Barrovian metamorphism has the same facies series but...
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subjection of the protolith (the original rock material that undergoes metamorphism) to extreme shearing force, a sliding force similar to the pushing of...
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Hylomorphism (computer science) (redirect from Metamorphism (computer science))
deforestation, a program optimization strategy. A related type of function is a metamorphism, which is a catamorphism followed by an anamorphism. A hylomorphism h...
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Peak metamorphism: the maximum temperature reached throughout the metamorphic history. Retrograde (post-peak) metamorphism: the metamorphism occurred...
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Amphibolite frequently forms by metamorphism of mafic igneous rocks, such as basalt. However, because metamorphism creates minerals entirely based upon...
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Subduction (section Metamorphism)
silicate-carbonate metamorphism. However, evidence from thermodynamic modeling has shown that the pressures and temperatures necessary for this type of metamorphism are...
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regional metamorphism at depth. By contrast, the metamorphic zones surrounding the Fanad pluton of Ireland, which formed by contact metamorphism at a shallower...
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Shapeshifting (redirect from Metamorph)
In mythology, folklore and speculative fiction, shapeshifting is the ability to physically transform oneself through unnatural means. The idea of shapeshifting...
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is subjected to the great heat and pressure associated with regional metamorphism, the individual quartz grains recrystallize along with the former cementing...
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Basalt (section Metamorphism)
metamorphosed. These are known as greenstone belts, because low-grade metamorphism of basalt produces chlorite, actinolite, epidote and other green minerals...
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Marble is a rock resulting from metamorphism of sedimentary carbonate rocks, most commonly limestone or dolomite. Metamorphism causes variable re-crystallization...
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experience a transition from early metamorphism—which forms hornfels, reaction skarns, and skarnoids—to late metamorphism, which forms relatively coarser...
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form under extreme temperature and pressure conditions during prograde metamorphism, when partial melting occurs in metamorphic paleosome. Components exsolved...
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Gore Mountain Garnet (section Metamorphism)
referred to as 'black ore' or 'dark ore.' This rock formation formed during metamorphism during the Ottawan phase of the Grenvillian orogeny, and extremely high...
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non-aligned crystals with platy or prismatic habits, characteristic of metamorphism at high temperature but without accompanying deformation. The term is...
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northern Gondwana over-riding southern Gondwana and was accompanied by metamorphism and the intrusion of granites. Subduction zones, active since the Neoproterozoic...
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