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Geology Exam 2
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Geology
Undergraduate 1
02/28/2012

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Intrusive
Definition
Cooled in the earth
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Extrusive
Definition
Cooled on the earth's surface
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Felsic
Definition
Light, external
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Mafic
Definition
Dark, internal
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Bowen's REaction Series
Definition
Mineral crystals replace each other as a rock cools
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Phaneritic
Definition
visible crystals, internal cooling
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Aphanitic
Definition
crystals not visible, cooled very rapidly on the earth's surface
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Porphyritic
Definition
some crystals formed, and then the rock was expelled and cooled very rapidly
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batholith
Definition
igneous intrusive rock that forms under the earth, displacing existing rock layers
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dike
Definition
sheet intrusion that cuts across existing layers
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sill
Definition
horizontal sheet intrusion
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pahoehoe
Definition
high viscosity, ropy lava
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a'a
Definition
rough, rubbly surface (very high viscosity)
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pillow basalt
Definition
underwater
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pyroclastics / pyroclastic flow
Definition
superheated gas and fragment flow
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oxisol
Definition
tropical soil
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aridisol
Definition
desert soil
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alfisol
Definition
temperate soil
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