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contact metamorphism

A process taking place in rocks at or near their contact with a body of igneous rock. Metamorphic changes are effected by the heat and materials emanating from the magma and by some deformation connected with the emplacement of the igneous mass. Compare: thermal metamorphism; metamorphic aureole. Approx. syn: pyrometasomatism. Adj: contact-metamorphic.

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