EESA07H3 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Mount Mazama, Silicate Minerals, Sillimanite
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Quiz 6: the rock record lecture + chapters 5-7,9 & 10. There are 4500 different mineral species but 60% are silicates. 31 minutes, and 41 seconds out of 1 hour. This sedimentary structure is called graded bedding and was most likely the result of turbidity currents. Magmas with minerals of isolated silicate structure flow easily. A sill is a vertical body of igneous rock. Magmas from stratovolcanoes are dominated by sheet and framework silicate minerals. Please put the following rocks in order from the least metamorphosed (lowest grade metamorphism) to the most metamorphosed (highest grade metamorphism). A dyke is a flat lying intrusion of metamorphic rock. During the time period pictured in this image the ocean is relatively enriched in oxygen 18. Phaneritic igneous rocks are fine grained and cooled quickly. The galapagos islands lie within the cocos plate. Choose the best answer. c. an "aa" lava flow a. all of these answers are true.
