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Rocks. GEOG 3251 Mountain Geography summer term B 2010. Rock cycle. Definition & classification. Rock = a naturally occurring aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids . Classification: mineral and chemical composition; the texture of the constituent particles
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Rocks GEOG 3251 Mountain Geography summer term B 2010
Definition & classification • Rock =a naturally occurring aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids. • Classification: • mineral and chemical composition; • the texture of the constituent particles • processes that formed them.
Types of rocks • igneous • sedimentary • metamorphic
Igneous rocks Formed from molten magma (latin ignis = "fire") 2 types: • intrusive: magma cools and crystallises slowly within the Earth's crust • extrusive: magma reaches the surface either as lava or fragmental ejecta.
FELSIC ROCKS: texture Extrusive Intrusive Muy extrusive Granite Rhyolite Obsidian finer coarser
Yosemite Valley: El Capitan Intrusive: slow cooling, large texture
ARROWHEADS Obsidian Extrusive: fast cooling, fine texture
Igneous Rock Types Figure 11.7
Sedimentary rocks • Two ways of forming: • from overburden pressure as particles of sediment are deposited out of air, ice; • chemical precipitates (water flows carrying the particles in suspension), eg. carbonate-rich sediments
What makes the Flatirons so good for climbing? Type of rock? • Sandstone • conglomerate • -large particles • -good handholds
Limestone(Ca CO3) • Piatra Craiului, Carpathians (Romania) • Karst landscape
Metamorphic rocks • formed by subjecting any rock type (including previously-formed metamorphic rock) to different temperature and pressure conditions than those in which the original rock was formed
Metamorphic rocks • Foliated: stress that deforms the rock in one plane, e.g. slate is a foliated metamorphic rock, originating from shale. • Non-foliated: do not have planar patterns of stress; rocks that were subjected to uniform pressure from all
SLATE Because slate easily flakes, it’s ideal for Floors, roofs, blackboards.
GNEISS Gneiss is characterized by a banded or foliated pattern. Granite is a precursor rock to gneiss
Stress vs.strain • Stress = force per unit area • Strain = amount of deformation an object experiences compared to its original size and shape • Compression: Longitudinal strain that shortens an object. • Tension: Longitudinal strain that lengthens an object.
Behavior of Materials • Elastic • Material deforms under stress but returns to its original size and shape when the stress is released. • Plastic • Material does not flow until a threshold stress has been exceeded. • Brittle • Material deforms by fracturing. Glass is brittle. Rocks typically brittle at low temps and pressures.