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Rocks can be categorized as either unconsolidated or consolidated. Unconsolidated rocks like gravel and sand are loosely packed, while consolidated rocks like granite are tightly bound. Consolidated rocks that have been welded together by heat and pressure underground are called bed rocks. There are two types of voids in rocks - primary openings that form at the same time as the rock during volcanic activity, and secondary openings that form after the rock is created through fractures. Semi-consolidated rocks contain a mixture of pores and fractures that are primary or secondary in origin.
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This document discusses the geology of Coalinga, California. [1] Coalinga is known for its oil fields, drills, and coal mining. [2] The valley was originally below sea level and submerged, allowing various sediments and minerals to accumulate. [3] Later, uplift of the Coast Ranges enclosed the valley, and faulting filled it with sediments, creating a flat landscape just above sea level.
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Igneous rocks form when molten rock crystallizes and solidifies either below the surface as plutonic rocks or above the surface as volcanic or extrusive rocks. Plutonic rocks cool slowly underground, resulting in large crystal sizes visible to the naked eye, while volcanic rocks cool rapidly above ground, producing fine-grained or glassy textures. Common igneous rocks include basalt, tuff, pumice, and granite, and their formation depends on the cooling rate and environment of the magma or lava.
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Sedimentary rock forms through the weathering of pre-existing rocks, transportation of sediment, deposition of sediment, and compaction and cementation of the deposited layers. The key stages are weathering, transportation, deposition, and consolidation. Sedimentary rocks are classified based on their grain size and composition into clastic and non-clastic rocks. Important structures in sedimentary rocks include stratification, lamination, ripple marks, and joints formed during deposition and compaction.
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The Yehliu Geopark in Taiwan has formed unique rock landscapes due to erosion from the sea and weathering processes over time. The park features six main landform types including hoodoos, pedestal rocks, ginger rocks, honeycomb rocks, tafoni, and mushroom rocks that were shaped by erosion from wind, water and freezing and thawing. Nature processes like weathering and erosion have created the beautiful rock formations in the geopark through the decomposition of rock layers and differential erosion of harder and softer materials.
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The Cache la Poudre River originates in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and flows east through Roosevelt National Park, descending over 7,000 feet before joining the South Platte River. The canyon has been home to Native Americans for centuries, with evidence of their presence such as fire hearths, burial sites, and rock shelters. Igneous rocks form by the cooling and solidification of magma or lava, either below the surface as intrusive rocks or on the surface as extrusive rocks. Sedimentary rocks form through the deposition and compaction of sediment and cementation over time. Metamorphic rocks are formed when rocks are subjected to heat and pressure, causing them to change form.
Rocks on Earth can be classified into three categories based.pdf
Rocks on Earth can be classified into three categories based on the way they were formed.
Igneous rocks are formed through volcanic action. Sedimentary recks are formed by deposition.
Metamorphic rocks are formed when existing rocks undergo a change due to extreme heat and
pressure. Rocks that have a volcanic origin are classifed as igneous and form when magma or lwa
cook and hardens. As the magma or lava cook; crystals begin to form. The size of the crystals
depends upon how fast the magma or lawa cools. If magma cools quickly, small crystals form and
can be observed on the rock surface, such as in basalt, for example. Lava can cool so quickly that
crystals do nothave time to form at all, such as with obsidian. If mogma cools slowly. larger
crystals form and can easily be seen on the surface of rock specimens. A common example of
igneous rock that exhibits large erystal formation is granite. When Earth's materials are deposited
in layers and pressed together over time, sedimentary rocks form. The formation of sedimentary
rock begins with the deposition of sediments. As layers are added, the oldest or lower layers that
were deposited first experience increased pressure. The sediments and the spaces between then
are crushed together in a process cal ied conpaction. During the cementation process, the
sediments are bound together when a solution fills in around the particles like glue. If the
rediments deposited are sand particles, such as in a beach environment, sandstone forms. If the
sediments are fine sit or clay-sited particles, commonly cal ed'mud;' such as those found in basins
worldwide, shaie forms, thestone typically forms from shells and other sediments deposited in
ocean environments. A quiet and undistubed ewironnent will sometimes lead to fossit formation
vithin the Layers of sedimentary deposition. Metamorphic rock forms when one type of rock
changes into another due to exposure to heat and pressure ofter cansed by morement of material
deep beneath Carthis surface. This change to rock appearance and cemposition takes an
entrenelylong tine. Metamorphle rocks are often characterized by wavy layers of mineral orytals or
by the presence of unusual mincrals. Any rock can become a metamorphic rock. For example, the
sedimentary rock ahule forms from layers of deposited sitt. When exposed to high pressure due to
scologic processes. the metamorphic rock slate forms. The sedimentary rock sandstone changes
to cuataite when exposed to extreme heat and pressure beneath Eath's surface. Another example
of a metamorphic rock is mable. which forms when limestone is exposed to extreme temperatures
or prescure. Igneous basalt changes to schikt in the metanorphic process. The interesting. thing
about the motamorplic nrocess is that any rock-igneous, metamorphic, or seclinentary-will change
and form now metamorphic rock given enough time, heat, andor pressure. The rock cycle
llustrates how rocks move on and under Earth's crust and change from one typ.
The Rock Cycle - Science
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Sedimentary rocks form from the compaction and cementation of sediments like sand, silt, and clay. They make up the majority of Earth's surface but only a small percentage of its crust. Sedimentary rocks are formed through lithification, where pressure forces minerals to cement sediments together. There are three main types - clastic rocks which contain fragments, crystalline rocks formed from mineral precipitation, and bioclastic rocks consisting of plant and animal remains.
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- 3. Unconsolidated rocks. Loosely packed rocks (soil like) are called unconsolidated rocks. Ex: gravels ,sand.
- 5. Bed rocks. Consolidated rocks welded by heats & pressure The solid rock that underlies loose material, such as soil, sand, clay, or grave.
- 6. voids There are different kinds of void in rocks . 1. primary opening 2. secondary opening
- 7. 1.Primary opening of rocks. If the voids were formed at the same time as the rocks formed by volcano is called primary opening.
- 8. 2.Secondary opening of rocks If the voids were formed after the rocks was formed ,called secondary opening. •Fractures in consolidated sedimentary rocks,
- 9. Semi-consolidated rocks. These are rocks in which openings are include both pores and fractues, •Primery or secondary opening .