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Why can't geologist use the carbon-14 method to date igneous rocks?
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Igneous rocks do not contain much carbon.
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Why don't igneous rocks look like magma rocks if igneous rock is formed from magma?
Because that is the very definition of igneous rock.
what are igneous rock classified based upon?
Igneous rocks can be classified by their method of formation and by their mineralogy.
A person who studies rocks and soil?
A geologist.
What do you call a person who studies the earth and rocks?
A geologist is a person who studies rocks and earth.
What are igneous rocks that form over the surface?
Rhyolititcen rocks.
In a deep mine a geologist discovered a band of igneous rock cutting through some limestone bedswhat kind of rocks was that band?
Intrusive Igneous band of rocks.
How can igneous rocks be different densities?
Igneous rocks vary greatly in composition and method of formation, resulting in diverse densities.
What happenes during each method to form intrusive igneous rocks?
Igneous rocks are formed under high heat conditions. Intrusive igneous rocks are formed by the crystallization of magma in the Earth's crust.
Why don't igneous rocks look like magma rocks if igneous rock is formed from magma?
Because that is the very definition of igneous rock.
what are igneous rock classified based upon?
Igneous rocks can be classified by their method of formation and by their mineralogy.
A person who studies rocks and soil?
A geologist.
Rocks are classifed as?
mineral Sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic, based on their method of formation.
When molten rocks cools what rocks form?
igneous rocks
What do you call a person who studies the earth and rocks?
A geologist is a person who studies rocks and earth.
Igneous rocks are classified based upon their what?
Igneous rocks can be classified by their method of formation and by their mineralogy.
Rocks are classified as igneous sedimentary or metamorphic based primarily on their?
Based on their method of formation.
What are kind of rock?
The three kinds of rocks by their method of formation are IGNEOUS rocks, SEDIMENTARY rocks and METAMORPHIC rocks. Igneous rocks cool from magma or lava. Sedimentary rocks form by the deposition of particulates and silt. Metamorphic rocks form from rocks (usually sedimentary) that are compressed and heated underground.
