What Is a Contact Aureole

question 31

Multiple Choice

What is a contact aureole?

• A) a location where two different types of metamorphic rock are next to each other
• B) a type of foliation that develops due to shear stress
• C) the belt of metamorphosed rocks surrounding an igneous intrusion
• D) the location where a protolith transitions to metamorphic rock

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