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What do your answers suggest about how much the rock in the region which the fossils were found has been squeezed?How might this scale of deformation have been caused?​

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Answered by nandinisingh0
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Explanation:

There are two main types of metamorphic rocks: those that are foliated because they have formed in an environment with either directed pressure or shear stress, and those that are not foliated because they have formed in an environment without directed pressure or relatively near the surface with very little pressure at all. Some types of metamorphic rocks, such as quartzite and marble, which also form in directed-pressure situations, do not necessarily exhibit foliation

because their minerals (quartz and calcite respectively) do not tend to show alignment .

When a rock is squeezed under directed pressure during metamorphism it is likely to be deformed, and this can result in a textural change such that the minerals are elongated in the direction perpendicular to the main stress . This contributes to the formation of foliation.

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