Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Michigan
Rock Cycle ?
The Rock Cycle explains
how Rocks and Natural Processes
are related
weathering
Sedimentary Metamorphic
Igneous
A more traditional definition is:
Rock Cycle
is a sequence of events involving the
formation, alteration, destruction, and
reformation of rocks as a result of
natural processes ...
Igneous
INGENIOUS
Rocks Right?
The eminent 18th century
lawyer, doctor, gentleman
farmer and founder of
modern geoscience,
James Hutton,
developed the concept of
the Rock Cycle to show
how rocks and natural,
physical processes are
interrelated.
The understanding of the world in the 18th century
was different from today …
Hutton knew about solar energy
and gravity at the surface. He
did not know about radioactive
heating from inside the earth.
M I
If you were to ask a geologist
what the earth is …
Upper Mantle
40 to 670 km
1,000°C
Lower Mantle
670 to 2,890 km
2,000°C
Outer Core
2,890 to 5,150 km
3,700°C
Inner Core
5,150 to 6,370 km
4,300°C
Now that we better understand the
largest components of Geology …
Natural compounds
and elements combine
to form minerals.
.
Natural compounds
and elements combine
to form minerals.
.
found in Michigan.
diallage, diamond, dickite, digenite, dihydrite, diopside, dioptase, djurleite, dolomite, domeykite, forsterite, francolite,
freirinite, fuchsite, fulgurite, galena, garnet, garnierite, gersdorffite, gibbsite, glauconite, goethite, gold, halite, halloysite,
halotrichite, harmotome, heterosite, heulandite, hisingerite, hollandite, hornblende,
hyacinth, hydrocarbon, hydrohausmannite, hydromica, hydromuscovite, hydrotroilite, hypersthene, iddingsite, illite,
ilmenite, isle royale greenstone, jacksonite, jacobsite, jasper, jaspilite, julgoldite, kamacite, kamiokite, kaolinite,
kearsargeite, keweenawite, kinoite, koutekite, kupfferite, kutnahorite, kyanite, labradorite, langite, laumontite, lavendulan,
lead, lechetelierite, ledouxite, leonhardite, lepidocrocite, lepidolite, manganoan siderite, manganocalcite, marcasite,
margarite, marmolite, martite, masonite, maucherite, melaconite, melanochalcite, melanterite, melilite, mercury, mesolite,
of uniquely identifiable
paragonite, paramelaconite, pararammelsbergite, paratacamite, pargasite, patricianite, paxite, pectolite, pennine,
pentlandite, peristerite, perthite, pharmacolite, phengite, phillipsite, phlogopite, phosphides, phosphorite, picrolite,
picropharmacolite, pigeonite, pistacite, pitchblende, plagioclase, plancheite, plessite, polyhalite, posnjakite, powellite,
properties or characteristics
prehnite, priorite, prochlorite, protolithionite, pyrolusite, pyrope, pyrophyllite, pyrostilpnite, pyroxene, pyrrhotite, quartz,
rammelsbergite, rauenthalite, rhodochrosite, rhodonite, riebeckite, ripidolite, roscoelite, rubellan, rutherfordine, rutile, salite,
salt, sanidine, saponite, saussurite, scapolite, scheelite, schefferite, schorl, schreibersite, scolectite, seamanite, semi-
whitneyite, sericite, serpentine, siderite, silicon, sillimanite, silver, smaltite, smectite, soapstone, specularite, spessartite,
sphalerite, sphene, spinel, spodumene, staurolite, steatite, stellerite, stibiodomeykite, stilbite, stilpnomelane, stinkstone,
strontianite, sulfur, sussexite, sylvanite, sylvite, synchisite, szaibelyite, taenite, talc, tantalite, tellurium, tenorite, tetrahedrite,
thomsonite, thuringite, tirodite, titanite, titanomagnetite, topaz, tourmaline, tremolite, trichalcite, tridymite, troilite, tyrolite,
uralite, uraninite, uranothorite, uvarovite, vaterite,, vesuvianite, violarite, viridite, vivianite, vladimirite, wairakite, whitneyite,
williamsite, wollastonite, wurtzite, xanthosiderite, xonotlite, zeolite, zircon, zoisite, zonochlorite
Minerals combine to form Rocks
Some Rocks are made up of just one mineral -
like the sedimentary rock salt (made up of
the mineral halite) that is mined near Detroit.
Rock Cycle
The Rock Cycle
weathering
Rocks are
Sedimentary Metamorphic weathered,
eroded,
transported,
deposited,and
lithified
to form
sedimentary
rocks
Igneous
Becoming a SEDIMENTARY ROCK …
Generalized
Bedrock Geology
of Michigan
Sedimentary rocks
found in Michigan
include:
Generalized
Bedrock Geology
of Michigan
As the ice advances When the ice retreats,
it can scour the bedrock sediments are deposited
and move a lot of material. and new set of landforms exist.
Generalized Quaternary
Geology of Michigan
Glacial deposits
are much younger
than the
bedrock on which
they are resting.
Igneous
Sedimentary Metamorphic
Rocks
form from
molten rock or
magma in the
subsurface or
from lava
extruded at
Igneous the surface
Becoming an IGNEOUS ROCK …
Generalized
Bedrock Geology
of Michigan
Igneous rocks found in Michigan include:
granodiorite pegmatite
The Rock Cycle
Pressure,
Metamorphic heat
Sedimentary
and fluids
cause
preexisting
rocks or
sediments to
become
metamorphic
Igneous rocks
Becoming a METAMORPHIC ROCK …
Generalized
Bedrock Geology
of Michigan
iron ore,
schist, Igneous and
slate, Metamorphic
quartzite, rocks
marble, and
gneiss
Sedimentary
rocks
Generalized
Bedrock Geology
of Michigan