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What part of the rock cycle is occurring only on the Earth's surface?
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∙ 14y ago
That's a great question. Let's take a look at the processes of the rock cycle and try to figure it out.
Weathering? Weathering is the breaking apart of rock. Occurs under the surface through faulting.
Melting? It's usually an underground thing.
Metamorphism? Almost exclusively an underground thing.
Erosion? The moving of sediments from one place to another. Can occur in caves underground.
Deposition? Also can occur in caves in the formation of secondary sedimentary rock.
Volcanism? This may be the only possibility. Most of the actual volcanic process is taking part underground, but the actual definition of a volcanic eruption infers that lava is erupted at or near the surface.
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