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A very high, sharply rising rock formation is called a mountain. Some of the most famous mountain ranges in the United States include the Rocky Mountains, the Boulder Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains.
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What is long steep cliff?
A very high and sharply rising rock formation.
What is a narrow channel or slab of rock that is sharply different from the surrounding rock?
fracture
What role do pressure and temperature play in magma formation?
As rising superheated mantle rock nears the surface due to tectonic forces, the compression pressure from surrounding rock decreases, causes it to melt, forming magma. It's called decompression melting. The high pressures that keep the superhot mantle rock from melting in the first place are called lithostatic pressures.
What type of rock is made of previously existing rock whose formation does not involve high temperature and pressure?
Clastic sedimentary rock is a product of the weathering, erosion, and diagenesis of pre-existing rock.
What does shale turn into when its expossed to heat and pressure?
High pressure can cause the formation of the metamorphic rock slate from the sedimentary rock shale.
When was Rising Sun Rock Festival created?
Rising Sun Rock Festival was created in 1999.
When a rock is altered by extreme heat and pressure what type of rock is the result?
Gneiss would be one such rock. High-grade metamorphic rock describes the type of rock based on the formational parameters of the question.
Which is not a process involved in formation of sedimentary rock?
Cementing is not a process involved in the formation of sedimentary rock.
What process is involved in the formation of all igneous rock's but not the formation of metamorphic rock's?
mountain building
What is lithification most closely related to?
sedimentary rock formation
What is the difference between a rock and a rock formation?
A rock is just a piece of a larger formation of rock; the formation exhibits characteristics of origin or composition that set it apart from other formations. A rock is the product of the rock formation process, just as a cake is the result of the process of cake making (combining ingredients, mixing and baking the cake).
How will sea levels rising affect rock pools?
Rock pools will be under water, and new ones will be formed between the the new high and low tide levels.
