ERSC 1F01 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cyclothems, Sodium Chloride, Mudcrack
3 Dec 2015
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Slide 2: the wave in utah, extremely limited access - Slide 3: key rocks of the niagara escarpment dolostone also comprises the falls. Slide 4: olivine is both the first mineral formed from magma, and the first to erode quartz is the most resilient/durable mineral. Slide 5: first blank: water, wind, or ice picture sand dunes, formed by wind. Tar (oil) sands in alberta iron ores are commonly found in sedimentary rocks. Slide 6: formed in almost every climate/environment around the world. Slide 7: second blank: 200 c diagenesis is every change taking place in/to sedimentary rocks prior to metamorphosis. Slide 8: recrystallization: ex: quartz cement growing at the sides of a quartz grain feeling pressure from above lithification: loose sediment condensed into solid sedimentary rocks via pressure that also removes water from the sediment. Slide 9: third blank: colour uniformitarianism: summarized as the present is the key to the past .
