In simple terms...undergoing additional heat and pressure from a more recent igneous intrusion which change the structure and minerology.
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∙ 12y agoAn igneous or sedimentary rock can become metamorphic through heat and pressure deep within the Earth's crust. This process causes the mineral composition and texture of the rock to change without melting completely, resulting in a new metamorphic rock.
igneous
It is a Sedimentary rock
No, it doesn't.
It doesn't have to. Most rocks exposed at the surface will erode and become sedimentary, but igneous rock that is underground can be remelted and become another igneous rock, or can become metamorphic.
Metamorphic rocks are formed from existing rocks that undergo changes in temperature, pressure, or chemical reactions due to processes like heat and pressure from deep within the Earth's crust. These existing rocks can be sedimentary, igneous, or even other metamorphic rocks that get transformed into a new type of rock.
A pre-existing, igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock.
Igneous rock can weather and become sedimentary rock . Metamorphic rock can be melted in a volcano and become igneous rock. Igneous rock and sedimentary rock can be heated and pressurized to form metamorphic rock.
Igneous rocks are a "finished product". They do not become sedimentary rock - though sedimentary rocks, with heat and pressure can become metamorphic rocks.
when sedimentary rocks get exposed to great heat and pressure, they become more consolidated (harder to weather). when igneous rock combines with sediments and the two are heated under pressure, they become one rock, a metamorphic rock
Any type of rock, igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary, can become eroded and re-deposited and cemented together to become a new sedimentary rock.
It is a Metamorphic rock
metamorphic rock
It is a Metamorphic rock
it is a metamorphic rock
Three (3) rocks in the rock cycle are sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rock.
Any type of rock, igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary, can become eroded and re-deposited and cemented together to become a new sedimentary rock.
Yes, depending on where it is located