Lecture 8 Metamorphic Rocks

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Foliation is the repetition of planar surfaces or layers in a metamorphic rock. True or False?

True (A)

Foliated rock has been not been subjected to differential stress.

False (B)

What is an example of foliated rock?

  • slate
  • gneiss
  • schist
  • all of the above (correct)

Non-foliated rock is crystallized without differential stress.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Non-foliated rock is made up of

<p>equant materials only (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Foliation is possible if

<p>minerals are inequant (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Metamorphic grade is the amount/degree of metamorphic change of the ___________.

<p>protolith (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Prograde refers to

<p>metamorphism by increasing temperature &amp; pressure (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which does not happen when increasing metamorphic grade?

<p>mineral growth slows down (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Index minerals are minerals that have limited temperature-pressure range.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following can be used to determine the degree of metamorphism that a rock has experienced?

<p>index mineral (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Metamorphic facies are mineral assemblages from a specific protolith at specific temperature-pressure conditions.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In a thermal setting, metamorphism happens due to

<p>heat from intrusive magma (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Bands of alteration created in the host rock during plutonic intrusion are zoned from

<p>high grade to low grade (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Metamorphosis that occurs during burial happens because

<p>All of the above (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Burial metamorphism requires burial below diagenetic effects, happening around 8-15km, depending on the geothermal gradient.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Dynamic metamorphism occurs in which setting

<p>at a fault zone (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When dynamic metamorphism occurs in shallow crust, rocks behave in a ______ manner. When dynamic metamorphism occurs in deeper crust, rocks behave in a ______ manner.

<p>brittle, ductile (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Regional metamorphism occurs when temperatures and pressures are altered due to orogenesis.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Regional metamorphism causes which of the following

<p>all of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where does hydrothermal metamorphism occur?

<p>Mid-ocean ridges (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

During subduction, which of the following is true for metamorphism to occur

<p>low geothermal gradient &amp; high pressure (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Shock metamorphism might happen because

<p>A large comet struck the Earth (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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