23.

Most of the rocks around Boone are metamorphic.  In conjunction with removal of overlying material by erosion, how did these rocks come to be exposed at the surface today?


Geologic Processes


Erosion,
Transportation,
Deposition
Burial and
Cementation
(DIAGENESIS)
METAMORPHISM
(exposure to High P
and High T)
MELTING in the crust, beneath a Continent
or an Island Arc
MELTING in
Asthenosphere
INTRUSION
EXTRUSION
COOLING
and CRYSTALLIZATION
UPLIFT or
OBDUCTION
(Folding/Faulting)
SUBDUCTION