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单词 contact metamorphism
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contact metamorphism


contact metamorphism

n. Metamorphism in which the mineralogy and texture of a body of rock are changed by exposure to the pressure and extreme temperature associated with a body of intruding magma. Contact metamorphism often results in the formation of valuable minerals, such as garnet and emery, through the interaction of the hot magma with adjacent rock.

Contact Metamorphism


contact metamorphism

[′kän‚takt ‚med·ə′mȯr·fiz·əm] (petrology) Metamorphism that is genetically related to the intrusion or extrusion of magmas and takes place in rocks at or near their contact.

Contact Metamorphism

 

the alteration of rock under the influence of intrusive magmatic bodies. Alteration occurs most intensively close to the intrusive body and diminishes with distance from it. Both sedimentary and magmatic rock may undergo contact metamorphism, in the course of which their original mineralogical content and structure change. As a result of contact metamorphism various hornfels and other rocks with corneous facies are formed.

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