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• Tectonic blocks and slabs of mafic–ultramafic rocks are distributed discontinuously in the Yuli metamorphic belt of Taiwan.2016, William Keyser et al., “High-pressure metamorphism in the Chinshuichi area, Yuli belt, eastern Taiwan”, in Tectonophysics, volume…. From the entry Wanjung
• Diasporites are also metamorphic rocks, which contain mainly diaspore along with hematite, chloritoid and margarite.1963, Central Treaty Organization, Symposium on Industrial Rocks and Minerals. From the entry diasporite
• Terming this now-exhumed Late Cretaceous–Eocene hinterland metamorphic belt the Nevadaplano, he estimated that its average elevation probably exceeded 3 km.2009, W. Gary Ernst, “Rise and Fall of the Nevadaplano”, in International Geology Review, volume 51, numbers 7-8, →DOI, page 583. From the entry Nevadaplano
• Epidote is found in greenstone belts and many metamorphic rocks such as gneiss and schist, and is hence fairly widespread.2004, Bruce Cairncross, Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals of Southern Africa, page 96. From the entry epidote
• They have been heated enough to impart a delicate blue-green hue, which is because of the abundance of the ‘low-grade’ metamorphic mineral, chlorite.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 177. From the entry chlorite
• Cleavage and folds are imprinted are overprinted by the contact metamorphic aureole, indicating that they belong to a pre-intrustive episode of rock deformation and accompanying regional deformation.1990, Roger Mason, Petrology of the Metamorphic Rocks, Chapter 3: "Metamorphism associated with igneous intrusions". From the entry aureole
• Sedimentary rocks may weather to produce more sedimentary rocks; they may be metamorphosed to produce metamorphic rocks; or they may be transformed to magma by palingenesis.1949, Caleb Wroe Wolfe, This Earth of Ours: Past and Present, Revere, Mass.: Earth Science Pub. Co., published 1950, →OCLC, page 58. From the entry palingenesis
• This is the first report from the Alps of eclogite-facies rocks of supposed Alpine age showing a granulite-facies metamorphic overprint, which is, in contrast, well documented in the Variscan belt.2018 January, Simone Tumiati, Stefano Zanchetta, Luca Pellegrino, Claudia Ferrario, Stefano Casartelli, Nadia Malaspina, “Granulite-facies…. From the entry overprint
• Their exact relationship to the host-rock is obscure but from their texture and observed metamorphic relationship they are thought to be intrusive dykes rather than intercalations of more basic lava.1968, Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa, page 148. From the entry intercalation

Meaning of metamorphic

1. adjective Characterised by or exhibiting a change in form or character.
2. adjective Pertaining to metamorphism; having been structurally altered as a result of, or resulting from, exposure to intense heat and/or pressure (at the contact zone between colliding plates, for example).
3. adjective Pertaining to metamorphosis.

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How do you use metamorphic in a sentence?

Metamorphic is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “That heaven in our mind that seeks to reveal itself to us in all its brilliance during the multitudinous writhings of whatever metamorphic pilgrimage we must make during this era of darkness and human folly.”

What is a short sentence with metamorphic?

“It is built of metamorphic rock, as are all the mountains in Taiwan.”

What does metamorphic mean?

Metamorphic means characterised by or exhibiting a change in form or character.