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Rocks The Geologic Dictionary
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Rocks are made of Minerals (Minerals in Granite)
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Soil, sediment, weathered rock, regolith
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Rock Cycle Magma Igneous Rocks Sedimentary Rocks Metamorphic Rocks Sediment Crystallization Melting Metamorphism Lithification Weathering Erosion Transport Deposition
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Rock Identification is based on: Composition What minerals make up the rock? Texture What is the shape, size and orientation of the mineral grains that make up the rock? Major Difference: Crystalline vs. Clastic
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Proportions of Rock Types on the Earth igneous & metamorphic rocks = crystalline rocks
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Igneous Rocks Identification
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Igneous Composition Mafic Felsic
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Igneous Minerals (p.21)
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Igneous Textures - Crystalline Coarse GrainedFine Grained
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Igneous Textures - Crystalline Porphyritic Phenocrysts Groundmass
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Igneous Textures - Crystalline Glassy Vesicular
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Igneous Textures - Pyroclastic/Fragmental Made of rock fragments rather than crystals
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Igneous Rocks GraniteDioriteGabbro RhyoliteAndesiteBasaltDacite Granodiorite Mafic IntermediateFelsic Fine Coarse
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Ultramafic Rock - Dunite
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Igneous Rocks (p.20)
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Igneous Rocks Interpretation
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Sir James Hall Scottish Geologist
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Igneous Rock “Translations” Composition (Mafic v. Felsic) Texture Grain Size, etc. Magma source How quickly and where magma cooled
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Magma Source: Partial Melting Mineral Hypothetical Solid Rock: Intermediate Composition A (Mafic) B (Int) C (Felsic) Melting Temp 1200°C 1000°C 800°C Temperature = 500°C
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Magma Source : Partial Melting Mineral A (Mafic) B (Int) C (Felsic) Melting Temp 1200°C 1000°C 800°C Temperature = 1400°C Intermediate Magma (All Minerals Melt)
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Magma Source : Partial Melting Mineral A (Mafic) B (Int) C (Felsic) Melting Temp 1200°C 1000°C 800°C Temperature = 900°C Magma
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Mineral A (Mafic) B (Int) C (Felsic) Melting Temp 1200°C 1000°C 800°C Temperature = 900°C Magma Magma Separates Felsic Remaining Rock: More Mafic
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Bottom Line on Partial Melting Partial Melting produces a magma that is more felsic than the parent rock Rock Ultramafic Mafic Intermediate Felsic Magma from Partial Melting Mafic Intermediate Felsic (more) Felsic
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Composition: Magma Source MaficIntermediateFelsic Source: Partial Melting of ultramafic mantle at Divergent Zones and… Ultramafic mantle
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Composition: Magma Source MaficIntermediateFelsic Source: Partial Melting of ultramafic mantle at Divergent Zones and … Hot Spots
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Composition: Magma Source MaficIntermediateFelsic Source: Partial Melting of mantle, ocean crust and continent at Subduction Zones
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Composition: Magma Source MaficIntermediateFelsic Source: Partial melting felsic continent above Hot Spots & Subduction Zones
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Magma Rises and Cools Magma Chamber Surface Intrusive (Plutonic) Extrusive (Volcanic)
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Grain Size: Plutons and Volcanoes Fine Grained Coarse Grained
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Name this Igneous Feature… Igneous Dike
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Plutonic Structures Xenoliths Source: William E. Ferguson
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Why do we find Plutons at the Surface? Sierra Nevada Mountains Batholith, California Uplift & Erosion
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Intermission: Quiz What Can you say about the history of this rock? Basalt Magma produced by partial melting of the mantle that erupted from a volcano at a divergent zone or hot spot.
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Intermission: Quiz What Can you say about the history of this rock? Gabbro Magma produced by partial melting of the mantle that cooled underground (plutonic) at a divergent zone or hot spot.
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Intermission: Quiz What Can you say about the history of this rock? Granite Magma produced by partial melting of the continental crust that cooled underground (plutonic) at a subduction zone or continental hot spot.
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Intermission: Quiz What Can you say about the history of this rock? Andesite Magma produced by partial melting of the mantle, ocean crust & continental crust, that erupted from a volcano at a subduction zone.
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