My sister asked this same quesation under the social science section, she doesn't know the diff between social science and science (biology, chemistry, physics, and meteorology) sorry..............
2006-10-11 17:45:26 · 6 answers · asked by shadowpal2 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
sure they could be, but the question, and the answer are misleading.
If you mean is there potentially some relationship between the metamorphic rock being their and the fossil being there.. then no, one would have little to do with the other. What I mean by that is, for instance a fossil being "in" a sedimentary rock makes perfect sense, and they are related. This is not neccessarilty the case in your example
Having said that it is certainly possible that a metamorphic rock could have fossils in it, or that sedimentary rocks with fossils could overlie metamorphic rocks etc..
Does that help any ?
2006-10-12 17:09:24 · answer #1 · answered by d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term metamorphic means changed in form (usually by heat and pressure) Fossils are formed in sedimentary rocks. In many cases fossil containing sedimentary rocks are metamorphosed. Not many of the fossils contained in these rocks survive but some do although most are rather deformed. I have a feeling that the question is rather mistaken as there is no reason why fossils should not form next to an existing metamorphic deposit. Did the questioner perhaps mean intrusive volcanic rocks and not metamorphic. With intrusive rocks the boundary layer between it and the local rock is usually very distorted which tends to destroy all but the toughest of fossils.
2006-10-11 22:45:54 · answer #2 · answered by U.K.Export 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They could be. Fossils only occur in sedimentary rocks but if the sedimentary rocks were deposited on top of the metamorphic rocks, or if there was later faulting, bringing the metamorphic rocks close to the sedimentary rocks then sure. I've seen lots of places where there's metamorphic rocks next to sedimentary rocks with fossils.
2006-10-11 17:49:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
specific, very insightfull however becuse as Coral is a residing organism i'm able to work out how the question got here to be. substitute is the only consistent , ineffective tissue will become mineral so is classed as Rock,Pebbles or Sand. Minerals is all such as this. Oil or Petrolium is a Fossilized gas so Oil and that's often a mineral. you may say that the coral is a rock, yet i could use the mineral becuse of the residing Organism that coral is or become.
2016-10-19 06:10:30 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe but most likely not ... metomorphic rocks are m etomorphic due to extreme pressures which would destroy any fossils, but if it is sedimentary rock over lying metomorpic rock ... there could be fossils near the metomorphic rock.....see time ponderers answer
2006-10-11 18:07:26 · answer #5 · answered by geo3598 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what metaphoric rocks are, but I do know that fossils are found usually in sedimentary rock. I'm not sure if that helps.
2006-10-11 17:48:33 · answer #6 · answered by Vicki 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋