Gneiss is a type of metamorphic rock which is characterized by its unique foliation.
What geologic process can change granite into gneiss.
Which of these statements is true.
Sedimentary you answered correctly.
Gneiss can form in several different ways.
Melting you answered correctly.
Granite is an intrusive igneous rock meaning that it forms from magma below the earth s surface.
Which of the following is not one of the three major classes of rock.
Compacting and cementing b.
What series of geological process transforms magma to granite granite into sand sand into sandstone.
Heat and pressure d.
What geologic process can change granite igneous rock into gneiss metamorphic rock.
What geologic process can change granite igneous rock into gneiss metamorphic rock.
Compacting and cementing b.
What geologic process can change granite igneous rock into gneiss metamorphic rock.
Rocks can only change.
One reason that weathering is important is because it breaks rocks down into fragments or blank from which sedimentary rocks are made.
Heat and pressure d.
The most common path begins with shale which is a sedimentary rock.
Compacting and cementing b.
Melting you answered correctly.
Heat and pressure d.
What geologic process can change granite into gneiss.
What geologic process can change granite igneous rock into gneiss metamorphic rock.
Rocks can change from one type to another c.
Melting you answered correctly.
During this transformation clay particles in shale transform into micas and increase in size.
Which characteristic is found in sedimentary rocks.
Gneiss is formed when granite undergoes the process of metamorphism.
What geologic process can change granite igneous rock into gneiss metamorpic rock.
Which geologic process can change any type of rock into sediment.
Regional metamorphism can transform shale into slate then phyllite then schist and finally into gneiss.