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metamorphic  

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  • http://www.irandoc.ac.ir/onto/irandoc-meta/Concept

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  • One of 3 processes in the Rock Cycle. When sedimentary (and/or) igneous layers are folded, bent or twisted by heat and pressure due to motions of tectonic plates or intrusions by magma, the rocky material is transformed into other rock called metamorphic rock. [Wikipedia]

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