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how do plate tectonics explain the formation of metamorphic rocks?
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When tectonic plates collide, subduct, or interact, they create intense heat and pressure. This heat (from magma near subduction zones or mantle upwelling) and pressure (from plate - to - plate forces) act on existing rocks (igneous, sedimentary, or other metamorphic rocks). The minerals within the rocks recrystallize, change their structure, and form new minerals under these extreme conditions, resulting in metamorphic rocks. For example, at convergent plate boundaries where one plate subducts under another, the sub - ducted plate (with its associated rocks) is subjected to high pressure and temperature as it descends into the mantle.

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Plate tectonics explains the formation of metamorphic rocks through the creation of heat (from magma near subduction zones or mantle upwelling) and pressure (from plate - to - plate forces) during plate interactions (collision, subduction). These extreme conditions cause the recrystallization and structural/ mineralogical changes in existing rocks to form metamorphic rocks.