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igneous Basics
What are igneous rocks 1,
What is magma 1,
3 components of igneous rocks 2
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intrusive rocks
What are intrusive igneous rocks 1,
Two types of igneous rocks 2,
What are plutonic rocks 3
6
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extrusive (volcanic) rocks
What are extrusive volcanic rocks 1,
How is volcanic glass obsidian fo...,
How are vesicles formed 3
5
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pyroclastic rocks
What are pyroclastic rocks 1,
What are pyroclasts 2,
Classification of pyroclastic roc...
3
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chemical composition - silica (SiO2) content
What is silica content in rocks u...,
Silica content subdivisions of ro...,
Basic mafic rocks characteristics 3
5
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igneous rocks in the field
How do intrusive rocks get on sur...,
2 types of igneous bodies 1,
Discordant igneous body example 2
6
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magma generation
How is magma generated 1,
What is the silica content of man...,
What is the silica content of par...
12
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minerals
Olivine 1,
Pyroxene 2,
Mafic minerals 3
4
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major elements
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magma crystallization
What is crystallization 1,
When does crystallization happen 2,
What effects size of crystals 3
8
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magma differentiation
What is magmatic differentiation 1,
3 main magmatic differentiation p...,
What is fractional crystallisation 3
9
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major elements
What is a major elements 1,
Major elements examples 2,
Why analyses major elements 3
11
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trace (minor) elements
What is a trace minor element 1,
Trace element examples 2,
Why analyze trace elements 3
13
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isotopes
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rocks
Basalt silica and alkali comp 1,
Rhyolite silica and alkali comp 2,
Basalt fe mg come 3
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layered mafic intrusions
Why are intrusions only mafic 1,
Why study mafic intrusions 2,
Where do mafic intrusions occur 3
12
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mid-ocean ridge
Oceanic crust predominate rock ty...,
Where are tholeiitic basalts form...,
Petrogenesis of oceanic basalts 3
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