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Metamorphic Rock  Roche métamorphique
A rock formed by the transformation of preexisting solid rocks under the influence of high pressure, high temperature, and/or chemically active fluids (adapted from: Grotzinger et al., 2007).

Themes:
  Plate tectonics theory and rock cycle
  Metamorphic rocks

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