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INNER CORE
800 miles thick
CRUST and up to 13,000 F
5 to 25 miles thick
and up to 1,600 F
Heat:
• Radioactive decay of Uranium, Thorium,
Potassium-40
• Some may be original heat
Pressure: Weight of Overlying Rocks
What Happens During Metamorphism