Under the application of uniform, confining pressure, rocks will generally ________.
A)bend, fold, buckle, and shear to make typical deformed metamorphic textures
B)grow or crystallize a new set of low density hydrous minerals
C)increase in density but retain primary bedding orientations
D)shatter and turn into a breccia

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Under uniform, confining pressure, rocks tend to compact and increase in density while maintaining their primary bedding orientations. This process does not typically involve the formation of new minerals, significant bending, folding, or shearing that alters the rock's original textures, nor does it cause the rock to shatter into breccia.

Under the Application of Uniform, Confining Pressure, Rocks Will Generally