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| A banded appearance due to sediment being deposited in layers. |
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| The resulting sediment from biochemical reactions in water. |
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| The first stage of metamorphism to occur in rock after diagenesis. |
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| The various low-temp and low-pressure changes that happens to sediment after deposition. |
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| When loose particles of sediment are bonded together by a cementing material. |
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| Sediment formed when dissolved substances are transported in solution then precipitated. |
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| The decomposition of rocks and minerals as chemical reactions transform them into new chemical compounds that are stable at or near the Earth's surface. |
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| Bits of broken rocks and minerals moved as solid particles. |
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| One of the 4 main clasts. Finest. |
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| Under pressure (do do do dododo do). The first step in lithification. |
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| When hot magma intrudes upon cooler rock, high chemicals cause reactions and recrystallization in the surrounding rock. Causes new minerals to grow. |
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| The determination of equivalence in age of the succession of strata found in multiple areas. |
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| The set of processes whereby crystals nucleate and crow in cooling magma. |
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| The combined destructive effects of weathering, eroding, and mass wasting. |
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| Sediment accumulates in its new location as a result of deposition. |
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| A set of transport processes through wind, water, ice, etc. |
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| A metamorphic concept which says that for a given range of temp and pressure, and for a given composition, the assemblage of minerals formed is always the same. |
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| A planar fabric or plane. |
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| A scale of numerical time applied to the geological column or relative ages. |
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| It's gravel. Largest clastic sediment. |
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| Rock that forms from the cooling and solidification of magma. |
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| A sheet-like fracture in a rock. |
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| The process by which sediment become rock. |
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| The general physical characteristics of rocks in a particular area. |
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| The down-slope movement of regolith under gravity. |
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| Rock changed by temp or pressure, usually by tectonic forces. |
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| Changes in mineral assemblage and texture in rock caused by temps above 150 C and pressures of 300+ MPA. |
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| The metamorphic process when abundant core fluids are involved. Redistribution of chemical elements. |
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| Mechanical/Physical Weathering |
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| Weathering as a result of physical breakup. |
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| Lithification in which separate mineral grains grow and become interlocked. |
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| When metamorphism occurs in areas of 10s of 1000s of km^2. |
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| The cycling of materials through the geosphere. |
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| The second-largest clast. |
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| Sediment-shaped sediment. |
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| The result of the lithification of sediment. |
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| One of the 4 clasts. The second-smallest. |
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| The study of sedimentary strata. |
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| Plural strata. A distinct layer of sediment accumulated at Earth's surface. |
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| What I'm under studying for this exam. Also pressure that has a direction ... again, what I'm under studying for this exam. |
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| Substantial breaks or gaps in strata. |
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| A set of processes that result in conspicuous decomposition of rock. |
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