Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Geo 47
Department Of Geology
University Of Dhaka
1.Introduction
2.Metamorphism
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formed out of
metamorphism of
preexisting igneous and
sedimentary rocks.
Metamorphic
When rocks are baked by heat or molten magma,
squeezed by the movements of huge tectonic plates or by
the pressure of overlying thick succession of rocks
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rocks.
Chemical composition.
The change in temperature.
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1. High Temperature
2. High Pressure
3. Chemically Active Fluids
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near the surface. This also means that high temperature will also be
associate with high temperature will also be associated with high
uniform pressure. So, both of them act together and bring about
metamorphism.
crust.
acts vertically downwards and acts in all direction and affects only on
affects the volume of both liquid & solids resulting into deformation of
solids. shape and change in mineral
composition
First, since metamorphism of any type cannot take place for the
solid minerals in a perfect dry state, the presence of a liquid
medium of some kind is indispensable. Thus the liquids act as a
carrier of chemical components that actually take part in
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assemblages.
Mineral changes release water
Example: Prograde metamorphism of a pelitic rock.
Low grade Shale protolith.
Clays recrystallize into larger, aligned clays to yield a slate.
Clays neocrystallize into tiny, aligned micas in a phyllite.
Intermediate grade
Micas recrystallize and grow large to form a schist.
New minerals grow in the schist.
High grade -
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gradient.
Dynamic Metamorphism
Breakage of rock by shearing at a
fault zone.
Fault location determines type of
alteration.
Shallow crust Upper 1015
km.
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