The movement of tectonic plates allows for the heat and pressure necessary for the transformation of sedimentary rocks into metamorphic rocks to occur, as the plates collide or slide past each other. This process, known as metamorphism, alters the mineral composition and texture of the sedimentary rocks, resulting in the formation of metamorphic rocks.
The movement of tectonic plates creates immense heat and pressure deep within the Earth's crust, causing the sedimentary rocks to undergo metamorphism, where they are subjected to intense heat and pressure and transformed into metamorphic rocks.
