Geology Kitchen #4 - Metamorphism

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Sep 24, 2012Education

This episode explores the concepts of regional versus contact metamorphism. Heat and pressure are discussed and their roles in changing various rock types into metamorphic rock varieties. Contact metamorphism is discusse...

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