Metamorphic Aureole : Evaluation and questions

Evaluation The data used to make this virtual experiment have been obtained from a series of real experiments. Go back and read the description of the real experiments. In those real experiments what do you think might have been the main causes of inaccuracies? Can you think of any ways of improving the experiment or any additional experiments you could carry out? Do you think your results have validity? That means do the results you obtained reflect what happens to the temperature of the rocks around an intrusion as it cools? Questions a) How does the temperature change with distance away from the intrusion? b) How does the size of the intrusion affect the size of the metamorphic aureole? c) How does the size of the intrusion affect the thermal gradient? d) How does the temperature at any one place change with time? e) Which will cool fastest a large or a small intrusion? f) Given sufficient time, what determines the lowest temperature that the metamorphic aureole will cool to?