Contact Metamorphism

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contact metamorphism [′kän‚takt ‚med·ə′mȯr·fiz·əm]

(petrology)

Metamorphism that is genetically related to the intrusion or extrusion of magmas and takes place in rocks at or near their contact.

Contact Metamorphism

the alteration of rock under the influence of intrusive magmatic bodies. Alteration occurs most intensively close to the intrusive body and diminishes with distance from it. Both sedimentary and magmatic rock may undergo contact metamorphism, in the course of which their original mineralogical content and structure change. As a result of contact metamorphism various hornfels and other rocks with corneous facies are formed.

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