contact metamorphism

Noun

Meaning

contact metamorphism (usually uncountable, plural contact metamorphisms)

(geology) Change to rock in physical contact with molten lava

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

recrystallization

Examples

A subgroup is the andalusite -, staurolite -, kyanite - and sillimanite -schists which usually make their appearance in the vicinity of gneissose granites, and have presumably been affected by contact metamorphism. Source: Internet

Around the igneous rock that forms from the cooling magma is a metamorphosed zone called a contact metamorphism aureole. Source: Internet

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