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| a rock that forms w/o heat or pressure |
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| the process in which material is laid down |
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| a rock formed from heat and pressure |
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| a rock formed from volcanos |
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| of or realating to igneous rock that is forced while molten in to cracks or between other layers of rock |
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dirived from magma poured out or ejected at the earths surface. used of igneous rocks. |
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a bed or layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout. |
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| Of or relating to rock that exhibits a layered structure. |
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Non-foliated metamorphic rocks such as quartzite and marble do not display the
banding or layering that are present in foliated rocks.
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Formation or deposition of layers, as of rock or sediments.
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the group of natural processes, including weathering, dissolution, abrasion, corrosion, and transportation, by which material is worn away from the earth's surface.
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