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1
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Low-velocity zone of the mantle

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Asthenosphere

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2
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Increase in s wave velocity between crust and mantle

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Mohorovicic discontinuity

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3
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Inner core thickness

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1,250 km

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4
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Outer core thickness

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2,200 km

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5
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Mantle thickness

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2,900 km

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6
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Density of oceanic crust

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3 g/cm³

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7
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Density of continental crust

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2.7 g/cm³

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8
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Fastest seismic wave

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P waves

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9
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Foliated metamorphic rock originates from basalt

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Serpentine

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10
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Foliated metamorphic rock originates from shale

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Slate

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11
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Foliated metamorphic rock originates from conglomerate

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Gneiss

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12
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Non-foliated metamorphic rock originates from sandstone

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Quartzite

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13
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Non-foliated metamorphic rock originates from limestone

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Marble

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14
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Physical and chemical changes in sediments

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Diagenesis

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15
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Fragments of rock

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Clasts

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16
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Pebbles/gravel cemented by a matrix of mud/sand

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Conglomerate

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17
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Compaction and cementation of sediments

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Lithification

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18
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Mainly composed of quartz

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Sandstone

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19
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Made from dead organisms with calcium carbonate

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Limestone

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20
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American mineralogist that classified minerals based on chemical properties

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James Dwight Dana

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20
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Hydrocarbon-metal bond

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Chelates

21
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Examples of Sulphates

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Anhydrite, Gypsum, Barite, Celestine

21
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Examples of Silicates

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Quartz, Feldspar, Pyroxene, Mica, Garnet, Olivine, Amphibole

21
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Examples of Halides

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Fluorites, Halites, Sylvites

22
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Examples of carbonates

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Aragonite, Calcite, Dolomite

23
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Examples of Oxides

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Hematite, Cuprite, Corundum, Chromite, Rulite

23
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Example of Sulphides

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Realgar, Cinnabar, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Argentite, Stibite, Galena

23
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Contains important metals

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Sulphides

24
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Contains natural salts

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Halides

25
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Forms from high evaporation rate/slow evap. rate of salt water

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Sulphates

26
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Largest and most abundant group

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Silicates

27
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Found in marine environments

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Carbonates

28
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Rate of temp. change w/ respect to depth in Earth’s interior

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Geothermal gradient

29
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Partial melting of magma from higher geothermal gradient due to convection

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Decompression melting

30
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Ways to generate magma

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Decompression melting, Transfer of Heat, Flux melting

31
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Water/CO2 lowering melting temp. of rock, producing magma

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Flux melting

32
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Low degree of partial melting produces

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Siliceous magma

33
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High degree of partial melting produces

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Less sileceous magma

34
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Rising and storage of magma which alters its chemical composition

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Magmatic differentiation

35
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Factors that affect metamorphism

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Temperature
Pressure
Fluid-phase
Time

36
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Chemical reaction between a solid mineral and dissolved ions

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Metasomatism

37
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States that any geological features or intrusions are the youngest in rock layers

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Principle of cross-cutting relationships

38
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Gap or break in rock sequence/geologic record due to erosion

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Unconformity

39
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Break in rock sequence that are tilted/folded

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Angular unconformity

40
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States that sedimentary rock layers are deposited from oldest at the bottom to youngest at the top

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Principle of superposition

41
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States that sediments accumulate in horizontal strata

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Principle of original horizontality

42
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States that evolving organisms later disappear and recently appear

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Principle of faunal succession

43
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States that rocks incorporating other rocks like gravel indicate the gravel are fragments of older rocks

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Principle of inclusion

44
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States that the surrounding rock around intrusions are older than the intrusion

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Principle of chilled/baked margins

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45
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Widely-distributed organism remains that existed for only a specific amount of time

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Index fossils

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