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EXTRUSIVE (oNFOUS ROCks

# When the lava Solid1pi es and funs it HoT- ROCtY

MATERIAL, Suck rocks a1e Called as EX lqous KOCKS.

eg BAsLT ROCK PUmICE

VWhereever the Basalk RoK i efhe


cound
ype sois hat de veleps here isBLAC SoIL

#Ihey have a pine texture.

NTRUSIV E (uw£OUS NO&


- The rocks Irusive
magma Solrdreied are called

gneous Roc ks

-
Based on the depth op thetr Solrdipicathion,

2 type oF nt stve (anee0 us Rocks ate

PLUTONIC HY PABSA
INTRSIVE TNTRUSIVE
uNEOUS IuNEOUS
RoCKS RoCKS
PLUTONI
When maqma solidifies at greater depths
beyoncd 40 km). They have
larger crystals

eg GTRANITE

HYPA Bs SAL

Magma Solidrpied at SHA LLOW PTH(less han 40 km)


hen they formn hypa bas sal rocks

Based on their sucture, hey are

BATHOLITH
S
LAPOLITH (HoRIZON TA L
(DoME+ FLAT BASE) SHEET- LIKE
LACOLITH
DYKE
(SAVCER-LkE)
PACOLITH VERTIAL
wAVE-LIke STRUCTURe) PLLAR-LIKE

MAGMA
* BATHOLITH

H Huge and Massive in nature; DoME LIKE

Exteht even to Some l000 km (h widt4h

Someimer eme rqer on surpace due to erog (on


or the surface

eg. WICK LOW mountains op IRELAND


Oplands o BRITANNY, Ftance.

CHA RACTE RS TICS op I4NEOUS ROCKS

1. Very Hard
2. hey have crystals

3. They don have Straification (ie. un-layered)


4. They don Cohtain FossiLS.
(2) SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

Sedi mentary Kocks are tho5e


that deposited and Lithified
are

((ompacted) and (e mented toge ther


at the ear ths Surface, with

the assistance of RUNNINGG WATER,


WIND, ICE or Living organisms.
SNOW/1E/aLAtiER

WIND RAIN

LA VE RED
.
DErOIT

TYPES Of SE DmENTARY ROCKS:

SE DIMENTARY RoCKS

CLASTIC ORGANIC CHEMICAL


THESE ROCKS FORMms UE
THE UTHIFICATION FRaM LITHIF CATION OF
TO PRECPITATION Of
ORG ANIC MATERIALS
THE BROKEN ROCK meTERIALS. DiSSOLVED CHEMICALS
9. PILINu uP of OR SALTSs
THE PRIMARY ROCK mey BE
TREES FoR ms
IGaEOUs, METAMORPHIC OR
COAL, PEAT, et e9. LmE STONE
EvEN SEDIMENTAR7.
eg SAnDSTONE TALC RECIPITATEp CAO3
(HARACTERSTICS OF SE DI ME NTAPY
ROCKS

1. Ihey can be HARD as


Sand stone
Or
Sop as TALC

2 Strahpied in Nature (ie


.

layered
3 1hey COntaih FOSSILS

4.
hey reveal
eographical past
(3) META MORPHI C ROCKS

LAVP

Me ta morphic roc ks are Pormed due


FoRmATnO
to process
OF
of ME TAMORPHISM M. R.

hese rocks Formed due to changes HIGH TEme


ans PRESuRE

th pre-fxi sting rocks ynder the


MA&mA
inp luend e o hi9h TEMP and PRE SSURE.

7he tocks loses its origi nal charatter

qnd alquires hew chqtacters.

Such a rock with hew character Shics

ate called Metamor phic Rocks.

ME TAmORPHDS IS
LIMESTONE MA RBLE

SANDSTONE Q UARTZ

SHALE > SLATE

ORDER F AvAILA BILITY F ROCKS (N SIDE EARTH


SHALE

SLATE
CYST

NES

(MAGMA
TYPES OF META mORPHIC ROCRS

METAMO RPHIC ROCK

FOLIATEd NON- FOLATED

ecause IF the bands/ liner


hrgh pressure, Similar
oF
are absent, hey
minerals gather at one
place
are non- Foliate d.
and aPpears as lINES or BANDS

Such BANDED or
LINED metamor hvc
rocks are
foliated Metamorphic Rotks.
ROCK CYCLE

NO ROCK IS PE RM ANENT

ANY RO(K CAN GET CONVERTED IN TO ANY OTHER TYPE.


3 PROCE SSES WEATHERI N MAGMATI2 ATIDN METAMOR PHS M

HEKING TaNE OUS


NOIL2
| SEDIM
ENTARY moEPHISM
uNI33HLU3M META
MORPT C

ME TA
MORPHI SM
UNIT- THE EARTHS INTERIOR.

The Earh is 3-1 ayered Staucture


(orhinenta
(RUST oeaning
(RUST
MANTLE ner Lomer
UPper
MANTLE
CORE
COREOuer Inher.

km

SAL
CON(RUST
TINEATA
SI MA
(2 9/ OCEANI (RUST
(3 9/tm3) 35 km

ASTHENOS PHE RE
Low VELOITY Z NE
RocK w sEmi-mol TEN FRM
4 9/

1100 kM

LOWER MANTLE
5.5 9lcm

2200 km

LIQUID OUTER (ORE

F NIFE

A900 km.

SoLID INNER OKE

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