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INTRODUCTION TO EARTH SCIENCE
ESCI 121
Fall 2010
Section 06
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Reminder: We have
an exam this coming Tuesday.
By the end of
today's class, you should be able to do the
following:
METAMORPHIC ROCKS
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List
and describe the steps involved in forming a
metamorphic rock from a pre-existing rock.
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Explain the terms foliation and
recrystallization as they
apply to the formation of metamorphic rocks.
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List
and describe the three "agents" of metamorphism.
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Describe the two most important processes by
which lithification occurs.
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Demonstrate that you can
recognize, explain the formation of, identify
the parent material of, and
describe the characteristics of hand samples of
quartzite, marble, slate, schist, gneiss,
and phyllite.
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Demonstrate that you can
recognize, explain the formation of, identify
the parent material of, and
describe the characteristics of hand samples of
quartzite, marble, slate, schist, gneiss,
and phyllite.
In class, we worked with samples 101, 107,
116,131, 140, and 147. We also looked at
samples of the sedimentary rock shale and
metamorphic rock slate, and tried to distinguish
between them; those samples are 115, 132, 153,
and 155.
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In the following groups, construct a rock identification key
or flowchart that you can use
to describe and identify rocks of each of the
three major types.
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Matthew
Izaan
Jie
Mohammad |
James
Theresa
Sachiko
Karina |
David D.
Aroush
Eli
Atti |
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David M.
Marc
Bartholomew
David N. |
Hector
Alex
Steve
Scott |
Patricia
Bryce
David Y. |
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