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Topic: Metamorphic Rocks

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1 Topic: Metamorphic Rocks

2 Metamorphic Rocks -

3 Metamorphic rocks in Arizona show formerly flat sedimentary layers squeezed into new shapes.

4 Pressure causes high density

5 Special Features - 2) - 3) - 4) -

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7 Parent Rock -

8 Some Parent Rocks are listed under comments

9 Metamorphic environments associated with plate tectonics

10 Types of Metamorphism Regional: -

11 Regional Metamorphism

12 2) Contact: -

13 Limestone turns to Marble
Shale turns to Hornfels

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15 Metamorphic Texture Foliated Non-foliated

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18 Heat + + = Phyllite Slate Pressure

19 Phyllite

20 Heat + + = Schist Phyllite Pressure

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26 Non-foliated Texture

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31 Name the rock formed from the metamorphism of limestone
FQ: Name the rock formed from the metamorphism of limestone --


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