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The rock cycle: How different types of rock are formed
The Earth's surface and crust are constantly evolving through a process called the...
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gneiss
Gneiss displays a well-developed foliation and a poorly developed schistosity and...
© artesiawells/Fotolia
slate
Slate is a fine-grained clayey metamorphic rock that cleaves, or splits, readily...
© Jon Zander
metamorphism of banded gneiss
Banded gneiss produced by metamorphism of quartzofeldspathic sediments in Scotland....
Jane Selverstone
schist and sandstone
Schist (left) is a fine-grained metamorphic rock rich in mica, and sandstone (right)...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
rock cycle
The rock cycle is made up of igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, and metamorphic rocks...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
rock cycle
The rock cycle of processes that slowly build, destroy, and alter the rocks in Earth's...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock made up of granular limestone or dolomite (i.e., rock...
Courtesy of the Mineral Information Institute
photomicrograph of corroded garnet
Photomicrograph showing corroded garnet (gray) surrounded by a corona of cordierite...
Jane Selverstone
Himalayas
The Himalayas, northern Nepal.
© Marta/Fotolia
metamorphic rock: pressure-temperature-time paths
Examples of pressure-temperature-time paths followed by rocks metamorphosed in different...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
crustal generation and destruction
Three-dimensional diagram showing crustal generation and destruction according to...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
slab pull process
The weight of the subducted slab may drag the rest of the tectonic plate toward the...
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tectonic units of Earth's continents
Tectonic units of the continents: shields and the present-day configuration of the...
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Slate, a metamorphic rock, showing typical splintery fracture and thin layering (slightly...
John H. Gerard
marble
Close-up of marble.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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