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Introduccion - Grupo
Introduccion - Grupo
ROCK CLASSIFICATION
1.1. Detrital sedimentary rocks
They are formed from the sedimentation of fragments of other rocks after a
transport phase.
1. SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
They are formed from the precipitation of certain chemical compounds in aqueous
solutions or by accumulation of substances of organic origin. A very common type is
limestone, formed mostly by the precipitation of calcium carbonate or by the
accumulation of skeletal fragments (corals, gastropods, ostrocodes, etc)
They are rocks generated by the cooling of a liquid mass of silicate composition that comes
from inside the Earth. This melt is at high temperatures.
2. Igneous rocks
When it cools and solidifies during its ascent towards the Earth's surface, in areas close to the
surface (terrestrial crust) it gives rise to plutonic rocks, while when it cools and solidifies on the
surface it gives rise to volcanic rocks.
They originate when magmas go outside the Earth's surface, leading to lava from volcanoes,
and cool on the earth's surface at low temperatures and pressures.
2.2. Volcanic rocks
The result is rocks made up of a mass of small crystals or un crystallized amorphous matter
(glass).
Metamorphic rocks are generated from pre-existing rocks that, as a result of
suffering a significant increase in temperature and pressure by geological
processes (burial, intrusion of magmas, etc.), suffer readjustments.
3. Metamorphic Rocks
This readjustment causes changes in its minerals and chemical composition so
that the original rock (sedimentary, igneous or metamorphic) is transformed into
a new type that we call metamorphic rock.
Concrete properties:
• Durability.- is another important
property of concrete. The concrete
must be able to withstand the
weather, the action of chemical
products and wear, to which it will
be subject to service.
Impermeability.- It is an
important property of • Runoff.- Plastic is a
concrete that can be deformation that occurs
improved, often, reducing with constant load for a
the amount of water in the long time.
mixture.
Is a mixture of cement, coarse aggregate or
stone, fine aggregate or sand and water. The
cement is obtained from the pulverization of
the clinker, which is produced by calcination
until the insipient fusion of calcareous and
clay materials. The fine aggregate or sand
must be durable, strong, clean, hard and free
of impure materials such as dust, silt, slate,
alkalis and organic materials.