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Noun Concept
Categories: Geological processes, Metamorphic petrology
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metamorphism
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Change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances WordNet 3.0
English:
geology
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Change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Metamorphism is the transformation of existing rock to rock with a different mineral composition or texture. Wikipedia
A geological process Wikipedia Disambiguation
Change of minerals in rocks without melting into magma, occurring due to heat, pressure, and chemically active fluids Wikidata
The process by which rocks are changed into other forms by the application of heat and/or pressure. Wiktionary
IS A
geological process
geological process
HAS KIND
anamorphism
epigenesis
katamorphism
recrystallization
shock metamorphism
+5 relations
HAS INSTANCE
metamorphic zone
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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metamorphism
Wikipedia
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metamorphism
Wikidata
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metamorphism
Wiktionary
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metamorphism
Wikipedia Redirections
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burial metamorphism, contact aureole, contact metamorphic, contact metamorphism, Diaphthoresis, dynamic metamorphism, Dynamical metamorphism, dynamothermal metamorphism, hydrothermal metamorphism, metamorphic aureole, metamorphic grade, Metamorphism (geology), metamorphosis (geology), neocrystallization, prograde metamorphism, regional metamorphism, retrograde metamorphism, Thermal aureole, thermal metamorphism

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