Endogenic Process Flashcards

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Found beneath the surface of the earth, evidence of magmatism has also been discovered on other terrestrial plane is and some natural satellites.

A

Magma

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Takes place within earth when a body of rock is held at approximately the same temperature but the pressure is reduced. This happens because the rock is being moved towards the surface, either at a mantle plume or in the upwelling part of a mantle convection cell.

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Decompression Melting

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Happens if a rock is clone to its melting point and some water or carbon dioxide is added to the rock, the melting temperature is reduced and partial melting

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Flux melting

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Magma does not get out

A

Intrusion

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An eruption of materials that causes the volcano to grow on the outside

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Extrusion

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Activities correlated with the flow of igneous material from the planet’s interior towards the natural terrestrial surface

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Volcanism

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Igneous rock formations that are created when the process of crystalization of magma.

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Plutonites

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Molten material in the form of lava occuring in the natural terrestrial surface

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Volcanites

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