Igneous rocks and the depths of the earth by R. A. Dalydoi:10.1107/S0021889869007114M. WoolfsonJournal of Applied Crystallography
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Igneous rocks (derived from the Latin word for fire,ignis) can have very different mineral backgrounds, but they all share one thing in common: they formed by the cooling and crystallization of a melt. This material may have been lava erupted at the Earth's surface, ormagma(unerupted lava)...
As the finer sediments of clays, silts, and sands are deposited on the shallow ocean floor, they compact and become solidified into ‘sedimentary’ rocks. As sedimentary rocks are forced deeper into the Earth's crust, pressure and heat alter their structure through metamorphosis. ‘Metamorphic’ ...
B) When rock is heated up by the intrusion of magma from the Earth's interior and/or is exposed to high pressures in great depths within the Earth's crust. In this case, rocks have not a foliated structure. Most important examples are: SLATE GNEISS SCHIST MARBLE QUARTZITE ACTIVITY Put ...
Although basalt is typically a dark black rock, it often weathers to a yellow-brown color similar to the rocks shown here. Public domain image by Williamborg. Columbia River Flood Basalts Map: A map of the area underlain by the Columbia River Flood Basalts in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho....
In the intergranular spaces of rocks, however, fluid must flow around and between grains in a tortuous path; this winding path causes a resistance to flow. The rate at which the flowing water overcomes this resistance is related to the permeability of rock.Sediment sorting and compaction ...
J. 1987. Dredged igneous rocks from the northern termination of the Tofua magmatic arc, Tonga and adjacent Lau Basin. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 34, 487- 506.Falloon TJ, 'Green D, Crawford AJ (1987) Dredged igneous rocks from the northern termination of the Tofua magmatic arc,...
(Paepe et al.1974; Stillman et al.1982; Fig.1). Large volumes of the Miocene volcanic rocks are eroded, exposing the uplifted seafloor and intrusive basement of the island. The Miocene evolution and processes of doming, collapse and erosion on Maio are still debated and poorly understood, ...
Gibson, S., Thompson, R. & Day, J. Timescales and mechanisms of plume–lithosphere interactions:40Ar/39Ar geochronology and geochemistry of alkaline igneous rocks from the Paraná–Etendeka large igneous province.Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.251, 1–17 (2006). ...