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What rock cycle process is the opposite of crystallization of magma-?
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The rock cycle is a model that describes the formation, breakdown, and reformation of a rock as a result of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic processes.
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Which process in the rock cycle causes magma to form?
Melting is the process in the rock cycle that causes magma to form.
How does fractional crystallization lead to magmatic differentiation?
As a magma crystallizes it undergoes fractional crystallization in which mafic minerals crystallize first and felsic minerals crystallize last. Therefore, as fractional crystallization occurs the magma becomes increasingly less mafic and increasingly more felsic. The viscosity also increases as a magma becomes more felsic.
If a body of magma is subjected to fractional crystallization the magma that results is expectd to be?
More felsic than the source rock.
What is the process through which single parent magma can form rocks with different compositions?
The process through which single parent magma can form rocks with different compositions is known as fractional crystallization. It occurs as the magma cools and solidifies, with different minerals crystallizing at different temperatures. As these minerals crystallize and settle out of the magma, they can form different rock compositions depending on the minerals that have formed. This process can produce a range of rock compositions from a single parent magma.
What type of magma would you expect to see after crystallization of minerals containing significant amounts of iron?
A magma depleted in iron
The process of minerals formation from magma is called?
Crystallization is when minerals form from magma. Crystallization takes time.
Which process in the rock cycle causes magma to form?
Melting is the process in the rock cycle that causes magma to form.
Which two transitions can magma undergro?
crystallization above ground and crystallization below ground
What is formed from the crystallization of magma?
igneous rock
Minerals that are formed by magma are formed by what?
Crystallization
What are minerals that form from magma are formed by?
Crystallization
What type of rock is formed when magma undergoes crystallization above ground?
Extrusive igneous rock is formed from the crystallization of magma (lava) above ground.
How is zircon formed?
Zircon forms from the crystallization of magma.
Can a single magma can produce several different igneous rocks having different mineral compositions?
Yes; through the process know as fractional crystallization, which changes the composition of the magma, therefore changing the minerals that eventually crystallize from it. Fractional crystallization occurs largely from the varying temperatures at which minerals crystallize.
How are crystallization and cooling magma related?
Crystallization and cooling magma are related in the sense that cooling and crystallization occurs simultaneously. As the magma cools it crystallizes, the faster the rate of cooling the quicker crystals would develop and the slower the cooling the larger the crystals in other cases when the magma cool so rapidly crystal development may not be so prominent.
How Metal-rich veins are formed at the end or what?
magma crystallization
Pioneering investigations into crystallization of magma were carried out by who?
Norman Bowen.
