The top earning professionals in the marine biology field exceeded $95,430 annually in 2012, and those earning in the bottom 10 percent of the profession averaged less than $37,100 in the same year. Top earnings are recorded for those working for the federal government.
metamorphism. 1. the process of change in the form and structure of rocks by the agency of heat, water, and pressure. 2. the change of particular types of rock, as limestone into marble. Also called epigenesis.See also change. â metamorphic, adj.etamorphism-change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances.
Local Metamorphism. Contact metamorphism occurs when local rocks are metamorphosed by the heat from an igneous intrusion, such as limestone turning to marble along the contact zone. Some of the changes that occur in the older rock are due simply to the heat radiated from the igneous mass and to the pressures it creates.egional Metamorphism. Metamorphism on a grander scale, called regional metamorphism, accompanies mountain-building activity. These metamorphic rocks pervade regions that have been subjected to intense pressures and temperatures during the development of mountain chains along boundaries between crustal plates.