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prograde metamorphism

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comparison with retrograde metamorphism

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    In metamorphic rock: Retrograde metamorphism

    …heating are referred to as prograde metamorphism, whereas those that occur during uplift and cooling of a rock represent retrograde metamorphism. If thermodynamic equilibrium were always maintained, one might expect all the reactions that occur during prograde metamorphism to be reversed during subsequent uplift of the rocks and reexposure at…

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