PETROLOGY

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -

STUDY OF
ROCK
THE ROCK CYCLE

THE ROCK CYCLE -

DESCRIBES THE FORMATION
OF ROCKS OVER A PERIOD OF
TIME.
THE ROCK CYCLE
 THE 3 TYPES OF ROCKS

•
IGNEOUS
• SEDIMENTARY
• METAMORPHIC
IGNEOUS
• IGNEOUS ROCKS (FROM THE LATIN
WORD FOR FIRE) FORM WHEN HOT,
MOLTEN ROCK CRYSTALLIZES
AND SOLIDIFIES.
There are two broad types of
igneous rocks:
Intrusive (plutonic rocks)
Diorite
granite
pegmatite
EXTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS:

andesite, basalt, dacite,

obsidian, pumice, rhyolite,
scoria, and tuff.
METAMORPHISM
METAMORPHISM

IS THE CHANGE OF THE

STRUCTURE,TEXTURE, OR
COMPOSITION OF ROCKS,
SUBJECTED TO CONDITIONS THAT
ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE IN
WHICH IT IS FORMED.
META-CHANGE
MORPHE-FORM