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1 Thinking about relationships among the major rock groups
The Rock Cycle Thinking about relationships among the major rock groups

2 Major Rock Groups Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic
Formed from a melt (molten rock) Plutonic (intrusive):slow cooling and crystallization Volcanic (extrusion): quick cooling at the surface Sedimentary Formed at the Earth’s surface Clastic (Mineral Fragments or grains, clays) Chemical (crystalline chemical/biochemical precipitates) Metamorphic Changed by pressure, temperature and fluids.

3 Fig. 2.9 MAGMA

4 IGNEOUS Crystallization MAGMA

5 IGNEOUS Plutonic Crystallization MAGMA

6 Volcanic IGNEOUS Plutonic Crystallization MAGMA

7 Weathering Volcanic IGNEOUS Plutonic Crystallization Uplift MAGMA

8 SEDIMENT SEDIMENT Volcanic IGNEOUS Plutonic Uplift MAGMA Weathering
Crystallization Uplift MAGMA

9 SEDIMENT Volcanic IGNEOUS Plutonic SEDIMENTARY Uplift MAGMA Erosion
Weathering Transport Deposition Volcanic IGNEOUS Plutonic SEDIMENTARY Crystallization Uplift MAGMA

10 SEDIMENT Volcanic IGNEOUS Plutonic SEDIMENTARY Uplift MAGMA Erosion
Weathering Transport Deposition Volcanic IGNEOUS Plutonic SEDIMENTARY Crystallization Uplift MAGMA

11 SEDIMENT Volcanic IGNEOUS Plutonic SEDIMENTARY METAMORPHIC Burial
Erosion SEDIMENT Weathering Transport Deposition Volcanic IGNEOUS Plutonic SEDIMENTARY Increased P&T METAMORPHIC Crystallization Burial Uplift MAGMA

12 Can you see any shortcuts?
Erosion SEDIMENT Weathering Transport Deposition Volcanic IGNEOUS Plutonic Can you see any shortcuts? SEDIMENTARY Increased P&T METAMORPHIC Crystallization Melting Burial Uplift MAGMA

13 SEDIMENT Volcanic IGNEOUS Plutonic SEDIMENTARY METAMORPHIC Burial
Erosion SEDIMENT Weathering Transport Deposition Volcanic IGNEOUS Plutonic SEDIMENTARY Increased P&T METAMORPHIC Crystallization Melting Burial Uplift MAGMA

14 In Conclusion… The rock cycle demonstrates the relationships among the three major rock groups It is powered by the interior heat of the Earth As well as earth’s momentum and… The energy from the sun It involves processes on the Earth’s surface as well as the Earth’s interior It connects the “hydrologic cycle” with the “tectonic cycle”.

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16 SEDIMENT Volcanic IGNEOUS Plutonic SEDIMENTARY METAMORPHIC Burial
Erosion SEDIMENT Weathering Transport Deposition Volcanic IGNEOUS Plutonic SEDIMENTARY Increased P&T METAMORPHIC Crystallization Melting Burial Uplift MAGMA


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