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1: Rocks Flashcards

1
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What is a rock?

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an aggregate of minerals and/or a mass of glass

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How are igneous rocks formed?

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formed by the soldification (cooling) of molten rock material (magma)

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Igneous rocks environments of formation?

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  • Underground (intrusive/plutonic)

- Surface (extrusive/volcanic)

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The texture of an igneous rock depends on the…

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Cooling rate.

Slow cooling – Granite (coarse-grained) -> Rhyolite (fine-grained) -> Obsidian (glassy) – Fast cooling

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To see if the igneous rock was above ground or under ground you look at the…

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Grain size.

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Extrusive (volcanic) Igneous Rocks

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Basalt, Andesite, Rhyolite

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Basalt

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  • Extrusive Igneous
  • All over the solar system
  • Air pockets - when this was magma there were bubbles floating around in it
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Andesite

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  • Extrusive Igneous
  • Not that common
  • Finer grain texture
  • Composition wise it is the same stuff as Diroite
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Intrusive (plutonic) Igneous Rocks

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Peridotite, Gabbro, Diorite, Granite

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Peridotite

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  • Most abundant rock under the planet
  • Make salt by melting peridotite a little bin the the mantel
  • Made up of olivine
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Gabbro

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  • Made up of pyraxene and other white minerals

- Pretty common rock

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Diorite

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  • Amphabole

- Not that common

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Granite

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One of the most common rock in the continental crust

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Igneous intrusions

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Dikes, Plutons, Batholiths

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Dikes

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Tabular intrusions that cut across structures in adjacent rocks

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Plutons

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Irregular or blob-shaped intrusions ranging from tens of meters to tens of kilometers across

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Batholiths

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Vast areas intruded by numerous plutons

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Why are intrusive rocks now exposed at the surface?

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  • Crust is being eroded away on the mountain chain

- Uplift is bring up the pluton

19
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Sedimentary rocks are what percent of rocks at Earth’s surface?

20
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How are most sedimentary rocks are composited

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They are mostly stratifed (layered)

21
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Two types of sedimentary rocks

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Detrital (clastic) and Chemical

22
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How are Detrital (clastic) sedimentary rocks formed?

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formed from fragments of pre-existing rocks

23
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How are Chemical sedimentary rocks formed?

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formed from minerals precipitated from water

24
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Mud grain size/rock(s)?

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  • Feels smooth on teeth
  • Mudstone
  • Shale - if splits along thin layers
25
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Silt grain size/rock(s)?

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  • Feels gritty on teeth

- Siltstone

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Sand grain size/rock(s)?

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  • Visible grains to 2mm

- Sandstone

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Gravel/Boulders grain size/rock(s)?

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  • Visible grains more than 2mm
  • Conglomerate - if fragments are rounded
  • Breccia - if fragments are angular
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List of Chemical Sed Rocks?

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Rock salt, Gypsum, Limestone, Coal

29
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Rock salt - origin/other features

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  • Evaporation of sea or saline lake water

- light-colored, tastes salty

30
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Gypsum - origin/other features

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  • Evaporation of sea or saline lake water

- light colored, soft

31
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Limestone - origin/other features

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  • Precipitation of calcium carbonate from sea or lake water

- Gray, fizzes in acid (calcite), may contain fossils

32
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Coal - origin/other features

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  • Buried plant material

- black, may contain plant fossils, burns

33
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Define metamorphic rock

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Rocks which have been changed by effects of heat and pressure

34
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metamorphic rock: effects of heat

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  • Recrystallization

- sometimes new minerals are grown

35
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metamorphic rock: effects of pressure

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  • Deformation
  • Foliation, aligned mineral grains
  • Folds, usually contorted foliation
36
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List of metamorphic rocks

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Slate, Schist, Quartzite, Marble, Gneiss

37
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Slate features and was originally what rock?

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  • fine-grained, splits into thin sheets

- originally shale

38
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Schist features and was originally what rock?

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  • coarse-grained, sparkly

- originally shale

39
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Quartzite features and was originally what rock?

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  • coarse-grained, very hard

- originally sandstone

40
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Marble features and was originally what rock?

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  • white, fairly soft, fizzes in acid

- originally limestone

41
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Gneiss features and was originally what rock?

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  • coarse-grained, light and dark bands

- originally a wide variety of rocks

42
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Rock Cycle (full circle)

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  • Magma – cooling – Igneous Rocks
  • Igneous Rocks – upflit – Weathering and Erosion
  • Weathering and Erosion – Deposition – Sediments
  • Sediments – burial and lithifiaction – Sedimentary Rocks
  • Sedimentary Rocks – heat and pressure – metamorphic rocks
  • metamorphic rocks – melting – magma
43
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Rock Cycle (inner circle)

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  • Igneous rocks – heat and pressure – Metamorphic Rocks
  • Metamorphic Rocks – Uplift – Weathering and Erosion
  • Sedimentary Rocks – Uplift – Weathering and Erosion

Geology 110 (12 decks)

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