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O K y L: An Understanding For The Formation of Rock Types
O K y L: An Understanding For The Formation of Rock Types
O K y L: An Understanding For The Formation of Rock Types
Presented in the Basic knowledge course on geology for AUN-SEED/Net students 2006
A more traditional definition is:
Rock Cycle
is a sequence of events involving the
formation, alteration, destruction, and
reformation of rocks as a result of
natural processes ...
Igneous
The Rock Cycle involves the
recognition of three main
classes of rocks.
Igneous
INGENIOUS
Rocks Right?
The mantle, crust and surface of the earth
can be thought of as a giant recycling machine;
rocks are neither created nor destroyed,
but redistributed and transformed from
one rock type to another.
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Diagram of the Interior of
Crust the Earth
0 to 40 km
0°C
Upper Mantle
40 to 670 km
1,000°C
Lower Mantle
670 to 2,890 km
2,000°C
Outer Core
2,890 to 5,150 km
3,700°C
Inner Core
5,150 to 6,370 km
4,300°C
Now that we better understand the
largest components of Geology …
Natural compounds
and elements combine
to form minerals.
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Natural compounds
and elements combine
to form minerals.
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Rock Cycle
The Rock Cycle
weathering
Rocks are
Sedimentary Metamorphic weathered,
eroded,
transported,
deposited,and
lithified
to form
sedimentary
rocks
Igneous
Becoming a SEDIMENTARY ROCK …
Igneous
Sedimentary Metamorphic
Rocks
form from
molten rock or
magma in the
subsurface or
from lava
extruded at
Igneous the surface
Becoming an IGNEOUS ROCK …
granodiorite pegmatite
The Rock Cycle
Pressure,
Metamorphic heat
Sedimentary
and fluids
cause
preexisting
rocks or
sediments to
become
metamorphic
Igneous rocks
Becoming a METAMORPHIC ROCK …