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Subject: Geology
Category: Science > Earth Sciences
Asked by: braggy-ga
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Posted: 07 May 2004 22:08 PDT
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Question ID: 343050
Can a metamorphic rock be changed into a sedimentary or igenous one?

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Subject: Re: Geology
Answered By: answerfinder-ga on 08 May 2004 02:28 PDT
Rated:3 out of 5 stars
 
Dear Braggy-ga,

Yes. Metamorphic rock can change into igneous or sedimentary rock.

Metamorphic rock melts, turns into Magma, cools and becomes Igneous Rock.
Metamorphic rock erodes, the sediments are compacted and crushed
becoming Sedimentary Rock.

See a diagram of the Rock Cycle here:
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rock.html

"As rock becomes buried deeper in the earth, crystals adjust to high
heat and pressure and change into different forms. The changed rock
from this process is called metamorphic rock. Directed pressures will
cause flat, platy mica minerals to become parallel. This forms a flat
plane of splitting in the rock called foliation. Blueschist has this
rock structure formed by high pressure, but relatively low
temperature. Iron-rich rock from deep in the earth can
be changed by addition of hot fluids to form slick, green serpentine,
the California State Rock. Deeper burial and higher temperatures will
eventually
melt rock. The cycle returns to magma. Rocks can take short-cuts in
the cycle also. Igneous rock can become changed directly by directed
pressure and
burial to become metamorphic rock. Uplift of the land and erosion of
deeply buried rocks can cause metamorphic rocks to directly change
into sedimentary rocks. "
http://www.sonoma.edu/geology/wright/introgeol.html

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answerfinder-ga

metamorphic "change into sedimentary"
://www.google.com/search?q=metamorphic+%22change+into+sedimentary%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
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Subject: Re: Geology
From: shah11-ga on 06 Jul 2004 04:25 PDT
 
Yes! 
The metamorphic rocks can be changed to a sedimentry or igneous one.
 c, we know that igneous rocks are the parent rocks or to say mother
of  rock cycle.
In the first stage of the rock cycle the igneous rocks get formed from
the hot magma, which solidifies to form such kind of rocks,
in the second stage of this cycle the igneous rocks gets converted
into sedimentry one by erosion and weathering processes.
 And finally the metamorphic once gets formed through the processes of
changes in pressure and temperature conditions mainly.
Remember the definition of metamorphism:
   the phenomenon by which the changes are brought out in the rocks in
there solid state below the zone of weathering by the agencious of
temperature, pressure and chemically active fluids.
Meta=change
Morph=form,
so change in form with out change in bulk chemistry.

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