Weathering and soil forming process Unit 2 Weathering · Weathering is the process that breaks  rocks down to smaller fragments and alters minerals formed at higher temperature…

Slide 1 Rocks The Geologic Dictionary Slide 2 Rocks are made of Minerals (Minerals in Granite) Slide 3 Soil, sediment, weathered rock, regolith Slide 4 Rock Cycle Magma Igneous…

Slide 1 Ore deposit environments Magmatic –Cumulate deposits – fractional crystallization processes can concentrate metals (Cr, Fe, Pt) –Pegmatites – late staged…

Slide 1 http://eps.berkeley.edu/courses/eps50/documents/lecture31.mineralresources.pdf Slide 2 Slide 3 Ore deposit environments Magmatic –Cumulate deposits – fractional…

Thermodynamics A system: Some portion of the universe that you wish to study The surroundings: The adjacent part of the universe outside the system Changes in a system are…

http://eps.berkeley.edu/courses/eps50/documents/lecture31.mineralresources.pdf http://eps.berkeley.edu/courses/eps50/documents/lecture31.mineralresources.pdf Ore deposit…

Water-rock interactions To concentrate a material, water must: Transport the ions A ‘trap’ must cause precipitation in a spatially constrained manner Trace metals which…

Thermodynamics A system: Some portion of the universe that you wish to study The surroundings: The adjacent part of the universe outside the system Changes in a system are…