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Ch 4b: Rocks Flashcards

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How to identify rocks

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look at texture, mineralogy and chemical composition

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What is texture

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pattern, internal patterning, orientation of the crystal

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Mineraology

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what are the minerals in it

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Rocks

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Solid, cohesive aggregate of crystals or grains of one or more. Exception: volcanic glass (non-crystalline rocks)

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Types of rocks:

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igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic

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The rock cycle

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Transition of a rock type into another rock type

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Processes:

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sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous

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Sedimentary Process:

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weathering, erosion, transportation, sedimentation, deposition, lithification, precipitation, diagenesis

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Metamorphic Process:

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re-crystallization, deformation

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Igneous Process:

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melting, crystallization

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What is Igneous Rock

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crystallizations from molten rock.

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Two forms of igneous rock:

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extrusive (shoots out of the top) and intrusive (doesn’t make it to the surface)

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Plutonic Rocks

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Intrusive Rocks

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Intrusive rocks

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magma cools below the Earth’s surface. Surrounding rock acts as insulator. Magma cools slowly.

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Magma cools slowly

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crystals have time to grow large, coarse grained (Phaneritic)

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Phaneritic

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if you can see the crystals with the naked eye

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Volcanic Rock

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Extrusive rock

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Extrusive Rock

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rapid cooling at the Earth’s surface in air or water.

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Cools quickly and rapidly

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microscopic crystals, fined grained (Aphanitic)

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Aphanitic

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cannot see individual crystals with the naked eye (volcanic glass)

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Two types of Extrusive Rocks

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Lava, Pyroclastics

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Pyroclastics

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“fire fragments”, molten rock and minerals, ash

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Volcanic Ash

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small minerals and volcanic debris. Unique to the volcano and the eruption.

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Igneous Composition Types:

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Felsic to Mafic, in between is intermediate

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rock type depends mainly on the proportion of:
free quartz, feldspars, Fe-Mg minerals
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Felsic
free quartz, pink, (Green = ultrafelsic) 800
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Intermediate
half and half dark and light colors
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Mafic
Darker 1200
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Isotropic
equal properties and equal dimensions | eg. Magnatic
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Anisotropic
there is preferred orientations, no equal properties and equal dimensions eg. Sediment
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Generalizations for Igneous
hard and isotropic due to crystalline texture, formed under conditions different at the surface. Brought to the surface via plate tectonics/volcanos
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Regolith
unconsolidated rock layer
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All rocks can be weathered by:
water, wind, ice, humans.
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Rates are variable and controlled by:
properties of parent rock, climate, soil, time
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Weathering
Break down of rocks at the Earth's surface, chemical and physical
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Erosion
Process that loosens and transports rock fragments
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Physical Weathering
physical breakup of material, creating fractures, creates more surface area, no compositional change, stress applied exceeds strength
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Examples of physical weathering:
biological weathering, ice, mineral crystallizations, human activities
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Chemical Weathering
minerals are dissolving and/or chemically altered. Change in particle size (clays are usually made). Weaken the integrity of the material
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Chemical Reactions
solution: dissolve carbonate minerals by adding carbonic acid Hydrolysis: dissolve feldspars to form clays Hydration: add water without releasing material Oxidation: weathering of iron silicates to iron oxides
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The more stable a mineral ....
the more slowly it reacts
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Minerals that formed at a high temperature and pressure at depth are ...
unstable at the surface
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Sediments:
unconsolidated material can be loosened and transported. Sediment characteristics can tell us material movement distance and duration
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Sedimentary Structures
many types: dunes ripples, bioturbation (filled tunnels), mudcracks
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Define diagensis
physical chemical changes that occurs during the conversion of sediment to sedimentary rock
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Sedimentary Rocks: clastic/detrital
derived from pre-existing rocks
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Clastic:
Clastic rocks are composed of fragments, or clasts, of pre-existing minerals and rock
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Silt
gritty but falls apart
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Clay
can be modelled
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siltstone
if you break it, it has feathery wispy appearance
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mudstone
breaks off into clumps
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if its bigger than sands,...
its probably conglomerate
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Soils
continued weathering of sediment: Naturally occurring, unconsolidated, mineral or organic, 10cm thick, at surface and can support plants
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Soil development depends on:
climate, organisms, relief, parent material, time
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Soil Structure:
distinct layers (horizons) are designated with modifiers (indepth horizons)
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A horizon
zone of leaching or eluviation of mineral and organic matter. Maximum organic matter. Coarser texture than B
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B horizon
Zone of accumulation or illuviation. Minerals (clay, oxides, salt) transferred from A
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C horizon
Parent material, pre-existing sediment, shows some weathering due to soil processes.
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Laterites:
wet, warm climates, deep red, highly leached clayey. Ultimate end product of chemical weathering. In the B horizon
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If T and P increase due to:
increasing sediment layer thickness in basins, converging plates, proximity to hot magma bodies. Then enters metamorphsis.
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Protolith
What you started with
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Metamorphic Rocks
"changed form". Recrystallized in the solid state. May involve deformation.
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Bigger Mica =
More shiny
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Metamorphism is caused by
change in pressure and temperature
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Main types of Mrocks
Contact, Regional
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Contact MRocks:
cooling of a plutonic body
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Plutonic:
magma chamber that is localized deep in the Earth. Temperature changes but not pressure
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Regional MRocks:
Stress and heating related to plate tectonics. Large scale changes, mountains.
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If Temperature Increase...
partial melting (different minerals melt at different temperatures. Addition of water lowers melting T, increasing P raises melting temperatures.
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Andesitic:
intermediate between felsic and mafic
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Rhyolitic: Felsic flow
more SiO2, doesn't flow well
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Basaltic: Mafic flow
less SiO2, flows well
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Pacific Ring of Fire
History's famous volcanic eruptions. Major climate and weather changes.
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Most significant of the volcanoes are the
Stratovolcanoes
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Stratovolcanoes
Composite volcano. Variable viscosity Increased water content Source of many volcanic hazards.
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Phreatic
underground water in a zone of saturation
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Large _____ eruptions can affect the global climate for several years
Pyroclastic-rich. | eg. Mount Pinatubo, PH, 1991
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Height and amount of material emitted into the atmosphere can cause:
Reduced solar radiation (temporary). | Temperature drops related to SOx aerosols (Long-term)
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Global Spread
Once in the stratosphere movement is global, effects become widespread
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Volcanism is:
A suspected culprit for the Permian Extinction.
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Tectonic Uplift
Creates obstacles that control atmospheric flow patterns. | eg. Rain shadow effect, chinooks, breezes.
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Rain Shadow Effect
wet on one side of the mountain, dry on the other
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Differential Heating
Plate tectonics changes relief. | Variable temperatures due to sun angles and heat capacity differences. Changes precipitation patterns
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Uplift - Mass wasting
Steeper slopes promote material transfer, "land slides"
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Effects of mass wasting
damming of rivers, removal of vegetation, soil disturbances
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Carbon Cycle
Strongly affected by the rock cycle, common link between climate components.
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Carbon Cycle: climate components
Weathering: removes it from atmosphere Lithification: confines it Biological Organisms: need it Metamorphism and Volcanic Eruptions: release it
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Describe the process of Diagenesis
Sediment piles become thicker --> increases compaction, fluids may precipitate out and cement the pieces together.

EAS 201 (11 decks)

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