Examples of metamorphism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Magnesite naturally forms in a few ways, like hydrothermal metamorphism, where the presence of water at high temperature and pressures changes magnesium-rich rocks like peridotte. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2018 The patterns match those seen in the Alps and the Himalayas — zones that seemed to be huge thrust faults, folds of immense proportion, metamorphism at extreme conditions. — Longreads, 12 Mar. 2018 Like many processes that occur at the Earth’s surface, the liberation of sediment from weathering rock is an intuitive process to visualize (compared to something like metamorphism). — Brian Romans, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2012

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