GLG Physical Geology Bob Leighty Metamorphism

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 Changing pressure (P), temperature (T), and/or fluids cause original composition (mudstone) > new, more stable one (slate) without melting  New minerals (e.g., garnet) may grow  Any rock can be changed (metamorphosed) mudstone schist Metamorphism Basics Metamorphism

Metamorphism  Metamorphic grade – Describes intensity of P, T, & fluid activity Metamorphic grade

 Sources of heat: >burial >subduction >nearby intrusions (magmas) Controlling Factors MetamorphismTemperature

 Confining Pressure - equal stress in all directions (lithostatic or hydrostatic)  The arrangement of grains in a rock stays the same  This stress creates nonlayered (nonfoliated) rock textures yields Controlling Factors MetamorphismPressure

 Directed Pressure - tectonic stress  The arrangement of platy minerals (if any) becomes more aligned  This stress creates layered (foliated) rock texturesfoliated Controlling Factors MetamorphismPressure

> driven out of a magma during cooling & crystallization > forced out by pressure during burial > driven out of a subducting tectonic plate Controlling Factors Metamorphism Fluids (mostly water)  Sources of fluids:

mudstone garnet schist  The type of index mineral depends on P, T, & composition of rock being metamorphosed low grade high grade  Index minerals record the metamorphic grade Index minerals Index Minerals Metamorphism high grade

Types of Metamorphism Metamorphism

lo P & hi T hi P & hi T Types of Metamorphism Metamorphism

 Increasing P & T during progressive burial Types of Metamorphism Metamorphism Burial (diagenesis) (low P & low T)

Types of Metamorphism Metamorphism Contact (low P & variable T)  Typically occurs near intrusions (batholiths, dikes, sills, etc.)intrusions  The bigger the intrusion, the bigger the contact zone

 Creates nonfoliated metamorphic rocks (quartzite, marble, etc.)quartzitemarble Types of Metamorphism Metamorphism Contact (low P & variable T)

 Movement of hot fluids (mostly water) >near magmas during crystallization Types of Metamorphism Metamorphism Hydrothermal (low P & variable T & fluids) >at hot springs and deep-sea “black smokers”

 Elevated P & T during mountain-building at convergent margins Types of Metamorphism Metamorphism Regional (variable P & T)  Affects large areas (100's to 1000's km 2 ), typically in the lower crust

 Directed pressures may create foliated rock textures (slate, phyllite, schist, gneiss, etc.)slatephylliteschistgneiss Types of Metamorphism Metamorphism Regional (variable P & T)

 Crushing & shearing related to fault zones  Creates foliated rocks (mylonites)mylonites Types of Metamorphism Metamorphism Cataclastic (dynamic) (localized high P & T)

 Meteorite impacts melt & shatter rocks (yielding breccia & glass) Types of Metamorphism Metamorphism Impact (ultra-high P & T)

WWW Links in this Lecture > Metamorphism - > Metamorphic grade - > Index mineral - > Foliation - > Diagenesis - > Contact metamorphism > Intrusion - > Quartzite - > Marble - > Hydrothermal metamorphism > Regional metamorphism - > Slate - > Phyllite - > Schist - > Gneiss - > Cataclastic metamorphism > Mylonite -