Is the deeper the rock is the higher the pressure and temperature and what happen to the temperature when the depth increases?
Rk Naresh
As depth increases, temperature and pressure increase too. At a certain depth, temperature and pressure are so high that it may affect the mineralogy, texture or chemical composition of rocks. Rocks undergo a process is metamorphism. Temperature is directly proportional to the depth inside Earth. In simple terms, it means the temperature increases as the depth increases inside Earth.
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