CroninProjects.org/ Vince/ Course/ PhysGeol/ Metamorphic-Rox.html/

Muscovite schist exposed in Central Park, Manhattan Island, New York City. Photo by Cindy Cronin.

This resource is under construction, and is subject to never-ending renovation. Check back and reload the page before any upcoming quiz on this material to see if anything new has been added.

Metamorphic Rocks

Reading

Read and study chapter 8

Notes and Handouts

Notes: MetRox-MainPoints.pdf (pdf file, ~55 KB)

Decision tree for identifying sedimentary rocks: http://croninprojects.org/Vince/PhysGeoLab/MetRox-Table-V4.pdf (pdf file, 174 KB)

Presentation file

CroninProjects.org/Vince/Course/PhysGeol/1405MetRox-words.pdf (7.5 MB)

Smart Figures

8.3 — Sources of heat for metamorphism: https://goo.gl/JzqfLx

8.4 — Confining pressure and differential stress: https://goo.gl/GbqzMz

8.7 — Mechanical rotation of platy mineral grains to produce foliation: https://goo.gl/vaWv6I

8.11 — Development of rock cleavage: https://goo.gl/V2tgtQ

8.19 — Contact metamorphism: https://goo.gl/MWBhsm

8.24 — Regional metamorphism: https://goo.gl/https://goo.gl/kkykbZ

8.25 — Metamorphism along a fault zone: https://goo.gl/sV1uW3

8.26 — Textural variations caused by regional metamorphism: https://goo.gl/367yOH

8.28 — Garnet, an index mineral, provides evidence of intermediate-to high-grade metamorphism: https://goo.gl/KrkufS

Vocabulary to learn

Consult your textbook or lecture notes for definitions. Remember that the best general source of definitions in geology is the AGI Glossary of Geology.

amphibolite	antigorite	biotite	blueschist	burial metamorphism
chlorite	chrysotile	combustion metamorphism	contact metamorphism	crystal plasticity
diagenesis	differential stress	dislocation metamorphism	eclogite	fault rock
foliation	foliation	garnet	gigapascal	gneiss
gneissic foliation	gneissic layering	granoblastic texture	granofels	granofelsic texture
high-grade metamorphism	hornfels	hot-slab metamorphism	hydrothermal fluid	hydrothermal metamorphism
impact metamorphism	kilobar	kyanite	lightning metamorphism	lizardite
local metamorphism	low-grade metamorphism	marble	megapascal	metabreccia
metaconglomerate	metamorphic facies	metamorphic gradient	metamorphic index mineral	metasomatism
migmatite	muscovite	mylonite	neoblast	neomineralization
newton	partial melting	pascal	phyllite	phyllosilicates
porphyroblastic texture	porphyroblasts	porphyroclasts	pressure	pressure solution
protolith	pyrometamorphism	quartz	quartzite	recrystallization
regional metamorphism	relict bedding	schist	schistosity	serpentine minerals
serpentinite	sillimanite	slate	slaty cleavage	soapstone
staurolite	takc	temperature	time	wet diffusion

Study Questions

Note that any of the vocabulary words listed above is "fair game" for a question on any quiz that includes this material.

Metamorphic rocks study questions: MetRox-Questions.html (web page)

If you have any questions or comments about this site or its contents, drop an email to the humble webmaster.