EARTH'S PROCESSES AND HISTORY: WITHIN THE EARTH Flashcards
Produce by partial melting of rocks in the crust and upper mantle
magma from solid rock
Temperature increases within Earth’s crust average 20degrees to 30 degrees C / KM (Changes temperature)
Geothermal Gradient -
lower crust and upper mantle
and any additional heat
Role of Heat
increase confining pressure - increases rock’s melting temperature
ROLE OF PRESSURE
volatile (primary water) cause rock to melt in lower temperatures
ROLE OF VOLATILES
Process responsible for changing a magma’s composition
magmatic differentiation
incomplete melting of magma
Partial Melting and magma formation
Magmas of different composition are mixed together
Magma Mixing
magma reacts with the “country rocks” which is adjacent to the magma chamber.
Assimilation
formed in mid-ocean ridges by decompression melting or at subduction zones migrate upward
BASALTIC MAGMA
partial melting of ultramafic rock (ex: peroditite, dunite, pyroxenite, Coarse grained rocks rich on magnesium and iron )
BASALTIC MAGMA
Interaction between mantle-derived basaltic magmas and more silica-rich rocks in the crust generate_______
magma of andesitic composition
believed to be generated in the wedge of mantle rock below the crust and above the subducted plate or within the subducted plate itself.
ANDESITIC MAGMA
end product of crystallization of andesitic magma viscous than other magmas
GRANITIC MAGMA
form a molten rock that cools and solidifies
Igneous rock
Parent material of igneous rocks
magma
Form from partial melting of rocks inside of the Earth
magma
magma that reaches the surface is ______
lava
formed from lava at the surface
Volcanic Rocks
formed from magma that crystallized at depth
Plutonic Rocks
temperature to melt rocks is between:
600 and 1,300 degrees Celsius (1,100 and 2,400 degrees Fahrenheit