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Explain this term associated with rocks: Metamorphism

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Explain this term associated with rocks: Metamorphism

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It is the process of transformation of sedimentary and igneous rocks into metamorphic rocks through extreme temperature and compression by volcanism and diatrophism by physical and Chemical changes.

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