Where are Hornfels located?
Where are Hornfels located? In Africa, hornfels is found in Tanzania, Cameroon, East Africa, and Western Africa. The rock is found in Australia and New Zealand, as well. What is Hornfels metamorphism? Hornfels is a metamorphic rock formed by the contact between mudstone / shale, or other clay-rich rock, and a hot igneous body, and represents a heat-altered equivalent of the original rock. This process is termed contact metamorphism. What does the presence of Hornfels reveal? It reveals that the rock has undergone metamorphism at a shallow depth and have been transformed due to heating by igneous masses through contact...