are metamorphic rock in mountains
Dynamic Metamorphism also occurs because of mountain-building. These huge forces of heat and pressure cause the rocks to be bent, folded, crushed, flattened, and sheared. Metamorphic rocks are almost always harder than sedimentary rocks. They are generally as hard and sometimes harder than igneous rocks. They form the roots of many mountain chains and are exposed to the surface after the softer outer layers of rocks are eroded away. Metamorphic Rocks Lesson #14. Rocks are formed on Earth as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic rocks. Igneous rocks form when rocks are heated to the melting point which forms magma. Metamorphic rocks form from heat and pressure changing the original or parent rock into a completely new rock. The parent rock can be either sedimentary, igneous, or even another metamorphic rock. The word metamorphic comes from Greek and means To Change Form. In general, the margins of continents and regions of mountain building are the regions where metamorphic processes proceed with intensity. But in relatively quiet places, where sediments accumulate at slow rates, less spectacular changes also occur in response to changes in pressure and temperature conditions. Metamorphic rock, any of a class of rocks that result from the alteration of preexisting rocks in response to changing environmental conditions, such as variations in temperature, pressure, and mechanical stress, and the addition or subtraction of chemical components. The metamorphic rocks in this area were produced by a collision of two tectonic plates: an ancient oceanic plate subducting beneath the North American continent. Such a process produced many types of metamorphic rocks, depending on the type of parent rock as well as the varying degrees of temperature and pressure. One unusual rock that was found at Ring Mountain was the blueschist. The preexisting rocks may be igneous, sedimentary, or other metamorphic rocks. The word metamorphism is taken from the Greek for “change of form”; metamorphic rocks are derived from igneous or sedimentary rocks that have altered their form (recrystallized) as a result of changes in their physical environment. Metamorphic Rocks of Ring Mountain, Tiburon. At only 602 feet in elevation, Ring Mountain is hardly a mountain. But it is well known to geologist and biologist alike because of its unusual geology and the unique plants that grow in the serpentine soils on the Tiburon peninsula. Serpentine is a metamorphic rock: a rock changed by heat and pressure. The high concentration of magnesium and calcium in the soils is usually toxic to plants, but some rare plants thrive [see: http://www.marin.cc.ca.us/~jim/ring/rplant.html]. The Appalachian Mountains is another area where these rocks can be found. These mountains used to be very large, but over a large period of time they eroded significantly, leaving metamorphic rocks exposed. In contrast to the formation of igneous rocks, metamorphic rocks do not crystallize from a silicate melt, although high-temperature metamorphism can lead to partial melting of the host rock. play_circle_outlinerock cycleCreated and produced by QA International. © QA International, 2010.
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