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kellyjaisingh

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on: Jul 15, 2018

What is the significance of foliation in a metamorphic rock? (Not what is foliation, but what does it
  mean in terms of the rock's history?) What will be an ideal response?



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What are some examples of foliated metamorphic rocks? What will be an ideal response?


medine

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Reply #1 on: Jul 15, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Foliation indicates that the rock was metamorphosed under conditions of differential pressures

Answer to Question 2

Slate, phyllite, schist, gneiss, amphibolite, migmatite.


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