Can anyone give me information about the rock cycle or websites about the rock cycle.
2007-03-05 03:54:46 · 4 answers · asked by wkdhaka 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
The rock cycle : it comes out as lava cools it is very hard. then weathering begins to happen this is caused by wind, water cold .
cold barkers the rock water wares it into a round form and wind blows look at window rock in Arizona that is called wind err ion. earthquakes happened and rock is forced underground again and reheated and the cycle starts all over again.
2007-03-05 05:58:37 · answer #1 · answered by wolf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh yes we can. The first link provides a description of rock types, the processes in the rock cycle and a good clear diagram graphically explaining the cycle.
James Hutton (1727–1797), the eminent 18th century gentleman farmer and founder of modern geoscience, authored the concept of the rock cycle, which depicts the interrelationships between igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. The upper part of the earth (mantle, crust and surface) can be envisioned as a giant recycling machine; matter that makes up rocks is neither created nor destroyed, but is redistributed and transformed from one rock type to another. PETROLOGY, the study of rocks and their origins, is essentially the formal process by which we resolve the interrelationships expressed in the rock cycle.
Liquid (molten) rock material solidifies at depth or at the earth's surface to form IGNEOUS ROCKS . Uplift and exposure of rocks at the Earth's surface destabilizes these mineral structures (c.f. Bowen's Reaction Series). The minerals break down into smaller grains which are transported and deposited (either from solution or by lowering the hydraulic energy regime) as sediments. The sediments are lithified (compacted and cemented), and SEDIMENTARY ROCKS are formed. Changes in temperature, pressure, and/or rock or fluid chemistry can allow igneous and sedimentary rocks to change physically or chemically to form METAMORPHIC ROCKS. At higher temperatures, metamorphic (or any other rock type) rocks may be partially melted, and crystallization of this melt will create igneous rocks. Uplift and erosion can expose all rock types at the surface, re-initiating the cycle.
2007-03-08 07:24:35 · answer #2 · answered by Chariotmender 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_cycle
2007-03-05 11:57:28 · answer #3 · answered by *YAWN* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure can get back with ya on this.
2007-03-05 11:57:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋