Metamorphic Rocks and Their Geodynamic Significance
Subtitle: A Petrological Handbook (Petrology and Structural Geology)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 31, 1899
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781402008931
Subjects: Metamorphic rocks; Metamorphism (Geology); Dynamic Geology (General); Metamorphic Petrology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Rocks, Metamorphic; Earth Sciences - Geology; Earth Sciences - Mineralogy; General; Science / Mineralogy; Geodynamics
First sentence: Metamorphism is the sum of all transformations which cause a rearrangement of the elements of a rock at the atomic scale, leading to a recrystallization in the solid state (with or without a fluid phase), as a result of variations in temperature, pressure or of composition.