A rock with phaneritic texture and composed mostly of quartz and K-feldspar with
Na-plagioclase and biotite would best be classified as
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granite
James Hutton, the "father of geology," put forth the principle of _____.
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uniformitarianism
,Batholiths
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are large masses of coarse, crystalline rock, generally of granitic
composition
Metamorphic transformations occur while a rock is in
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the solid state.
amorphous solid
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a solid with no crystal structure
This rock has an olivine phenocrysts in an aphanitic groundmass of Ca- plagioclase
feldspar and pyroxene. What is it?
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basalt
, Continental shields are composed of?
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very old and intensely deformed igneous and metamorphic rock
The half-life of a radioactive element is?
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the time required for half of the nuclei of a radioactive element to
decay
The distinction between joints and faults is that _____.
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faults are fractures along which displacement has occurred;
displacement does not occur along joints
biotite
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black mica - shiny grains
Na-plagioclase and biotite would best be classified as
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granite
James Hutton, the "father of geology," put forth the principle of _____.
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uniformitarianism
,Batholiths
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are large masses of coarse, crystalline rock, generally of granitic
composition
Metamorphic transformations occur while a rock is in
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the solid state.
amorphous solid
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a solid with no crystal structure
This rock has an olivine phenocrysts in an aphanitic groundmass of Ca- plagioclase
feldspar and pyroxene. What is it?
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basalt
, Continental shields are composed of?
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very old and intensely deformed igneous and metamorphic rock
The half-life of a radioactive element is?
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the time required for half of the nuclei of a radioactive element to
decay
The distinction between joints and faults is that _____.
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faults are fractures along which displacement has occurred;
displacement does not occur along joints
biotite
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black mica - shiny grains
