LAST-MINUTE REVISION Flashcards
sheet silicates
biotite, muscovite
framework silicates
quartz, feldspar
rock types
igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic
reasons solid rock melts in the transition zone
decrease in pressure, increase in temperature, introduction of volatiles
what are the four magma categories and what are their respective percentages of silica
felsic (67-76%), intermediate (53-66%), mafic (46-52%), ultramafic (38-45%)
Aphanitic (fine-grained) (AF to remember)
cools fast, extrusive/above ground, volcanic
Phaneritic (coarse-grained) (PC to remember)
cools slowly, intrusive, plutonic
rhyolite and granite are ________. Rhyolite is ______, granite is ______
felsic, aphanitic, phaneritic
Basalt, Gabbro are _______. Basalt is ________, gabbro is ______.
mafic, aphanitic, phaneritic
Shield volcanoes are big because they have ____ lava that flows _________
mafic, long distances
Effusive, Phreatic, Plinian
low-viscosity, around water, huge explosion