EES 1080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mafic, Gabbro, Sedimentary Rock
22 Jan 2018
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Side note: documents to help you with completing your project and writing the abstract have been uploaded to icon. Also look up writing format for volunteering hours. Questions: overview of earth system components, lithosphere- structure, lithosphere- crust & plate tectonics, rocks and rock types, alternation of lithosphere- breakdown & levels. Earth system: scientific method, environmental science, policy, and national and international. Lithosphere + atmosphere + hydrosphere = geochemical cycles. Lithosphere: solid outer layer of earth composed of inorganic material; describe to the entire solid earth as well minus the inorganic supplies. Elements: building blocks of all matter; take those elements and combined to create. Minerals: naturally occurring inorganic substances usually possessing a definite chemical composition and a characteristic atomic structure minerals combine to create rocks. minerals. Rocks: any aggregate of minerals in the solid state . Weight of matter that makes up the rock or the minerals. Density (p)= mass (m) / volume (v)
