Question A: Which rock type - igneous, sedimentary OR metamorphic – do the shale, fossiliferous limestone, and quartz sandstone in the diagram to the right belong to? Question B: The rocks in Zone A adjacent to the magma chamber are being metamorphosed. Which metamorphic environment is depicted in Zone A in the diagram the right? Quartz sandstone Zone A Shale Zone A Question C: In Zone A, the quartz sandstone will be metamorphosed into which metamorphic rock? What about the shale? What about the fossiliferous Fossiliferous Limestone Zone A Magma Chamber Zone A Shale limestone? HINT: Keep your answer to Question B in mind when answering this question.

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Question A: Which rock type – igneous, sedimentary
OR metamorphic – do the shale, fossiliferous
limestone, and quartz sandstone in the diagram to the
right belong to?
Question B: The rocks in Zone A adjacent to the
magma chamber are being metamorphosed. Which
metamorphic environment is depicted in Zone A in the
diagram the right?
Quartz sandstone
Zone A
Shale
Zone A
Fossiliferous
Limestone
Question C: In Zone A, the quartz sandstone will be
metamorphosed into which metamorphic rock? What
about the shale? What about the fossiliferous
Zone A
Magma
Chamber
Zone A
Shale
limestone?
HINT: Keep your answer to Question B in mind
when answering this question.
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Transcribed Image Text:Question A: Which rock type – igneous, sedimentary OR metamorphic – do the shale, fossiliferous limestone, and quartz sandstone in the diagram to the right belong to? Question B: The rocks in Zone A adjacent to the magma chamber are being metamorphosed. Which metamorphic environment is depicted in Zone A in the diagram the right? Quartz sandstone Zone A Shale Zone A Fossiliferous Limestone Question C: In Zone A, the quartz sandstone will be metamorphosed into which metamorphic rock? What about the shale? What about the fossiliferous Zone A Magma Chamber Zone A Shale limestone? HINT: Keep your answer to Question B in mind when answering this question. 33
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