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The Rock Cycle Thinking about relationships among the major rock groups
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To unravel the sequence formation of the rocks in a geologic order on the basis of surface and subsurface conditions.
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The Rock CycleThinking about relationships among the major rock groups
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*Major Rock GroupsIgneousFormed from a melt (molten rock)Plutonic (intrusive):slow cooling and crystallizationVolcanic (extrusion): quick cooling at the surfaceSedimentaryFormed at the Earths surfaceClastic (Mineral Fragments or grains, clays)Chemical (crystalline chemical/biochemical precipitates)MetamorphicChanged by pressure, temperature and fluids.
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UpliftCrystallizationWeathering
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SEDIMENTSEDIMENTARY
UpliftCrystallizationWeatheringErosionTransportDeposition
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MAGMA
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UpliftCrystallizationWeatheringErosionTransportDeposition
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VolcanicIGNEOUSPlutonic
SEDIMENTSEDIMENTARYMETAMORPHIC
UpliftBurialIncreased P&TCrystallizationWeatheringErosionTransportDeposition
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MAGMA
VolcanicIGNEOUSPlutonic
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UpliftBurialIncreased P&TMeltingCrystallizationWeatheringErosionTransportDepositionCan you seeany shortcuts?
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MAGMA
VolcanicIGNEOUSPlutonic
SEDIMENTSEDIMENTARYMETAMORPHIC
UpliftBurialIncreased P&TMeltingCrystallizationWeatheringErosionTransportDeposition
