Slide 1SEDIMENTARY ROCKS Slide 2 Classification of Rocks Slide 3 4 Rocks are aggregates of minerals. Geologists divide rocks into three groups: igneous, metamorphic, and…

Slide 1Answer the following questions about the picture to the right: How and where did this rock cool? What minerals might it be made up of? Make sure to explain how you…

1. Topic 5: Weathering and Sediments Outline Introduction Weathering Mechanical Weathering**** Chemical Weathering**** Factors That Control the Rate of Weathering Erosion,…

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1. P E T ROL 2. PETROLOGY • Petrology (from the Greek petra, "rock" and logos, "study") is the branch of geology that studies the origin, composition,…

Stanford Rock Physics Laboratory - Gary Mavko Shaly Sands Velocity, Porosity, Clay Relations 123 Stanford Rock Physics Laboratory - Gary Mavko Shaly Sands What Controls Amplitude…

Precambrian Research 158 (2007) 228–262 Diverse microstructures from Archaean chert from the Mount Goldsworthy–Mount Grant area, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia: Microfossils,…

Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran 16(3): 239-254 (2005) University of Tehran, ISSN 1016-1104 http://jsciences.ut.ac.ir Taknar Polymetal (Cu-Zn-Au-Ag-Pb) Deposit:…

Regional tectonic context of the Curnamona Province Anthony Reid and Wolfgang Preiss Geological Survey of South Australia Pb-­‐Ag-­‐Zn  deposit   Cu  deposit  /…

ORIGINAL PAPER Contribution to the stratigraphy of the Walash Group, Sulaimani area, Kurdistan, Iraq Basim Al-Qayim & Imad Ghafor & Rawand Jaff Received: 27 September…