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Metamorphic

adjective

Of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks). Synonym: metamorphous. "Marble is a metamorphic rock that takes a high polish"

Characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance.

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... variety of metamorphic and igneous rocks, and, on a more limited scale, sedimentary types. Amongst the latter were sandstones, ...

— The Home of the Blizzard • Douglas Mawson

... MAYO.—In this district we have again a complete change of geology and of scenery. The grey limestones with rich grass and rare flowers filling every crevice are gone, and we are in a wild region of ancient metamorphic rocks—schists, quartzites, gneisses, and granites—which form wide moorlands, dotted with innumerable lakelets, with noble mountain groups rising over the wild boggy lowlands. To the student of metamorphism the geology of this area is of very high interest. The botanist finds ...

— The Sunny Side of Ireland - How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway • John O'Mahony and R. Lloyd Praeger

... though the most difficult of definition, the longer of the two parallel ranges; the Vindhya continued as the Kymore, terminating abruptly at the Fort of Chunar on the Ganges. The general and geological features of the two, especially along their eastern course, are very different. This consists of metamorphic gneiss, in various highly inclined beds, through which granite hills protrude, the loftiest of which is Paras-nath. The north-east Vindhya (called Kymore), on the other hand, consists of nearly horizontal beds of sandstone, overlying inclined ...

— Himalayan Journals (Complete) • J. D. Hooker

... noticed on the shore that the deep-lying metamorphic crystals have been exposed by erosion, leaving on the upper levels faulted strata of tilted ...

— The Cruise of the Kawa • Walter E. Traprock

Words linked to "Metamorphic" : hemimetabolous, heterometabolic, holometabolous, nonmetamorphic, hemimetamorphous, hemimetabolic, holometabolic, heterometabolous, epimorphic, changed, metamorphosis