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What group of rocks does granite belong to?
Granite is classified as an intrusive igneous rock.
Can igneous rock be formed into a metamorphic rock?
An igneous rock can be metamorphosed (changed) into a metamorphic rock but will no longer be an igneous rock. An igneous body can be intruded into metamorphic rocks but will still be an igneous rock that is different from the surrounding metamorphic rocks. Ethier answer work depending on how the question is read.
Why is an igneous intrusion younger than the rocks in which it is found?
An igneous intrusion is younger because it forms after the surrounding rocks have already solidified. Magma forces its way into the existing rock layers, and once it cools and solidifies, it is considered younger than the surrounding rocks. This relationship helps geologists determine the sequence of geological events.
Where are igneous rocks?
Igneous rock can be found on the surface in areas of current or recent volcanism or in uplifted and eroded areas of past platonic intrusions, deep underground nearly anywhere, or in areas of past or present glaciations, where igneous rock has been eroded and deposited.
Intrusions of the igneous rock are younger or older than the rock layers beneath and surrounding them?
Intrusions of igneous rock are typically younger than the rock layers they penetrate. This is because the magma that forms igneous intrusions is usually injected after the surrounding rocks have already solidified and formed.
What rocks are formed by magma?
Intrusive igneous rocks are formed by magma. Magma can also cause the contact metamorphism of rock that it is intruded into.
What group of rocks does granite belong to?
Granite is classified as an intrusive igneous rock.
An igneous body younger than the rocks above and below?
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Can igneous rock be formed into a metamorphic rock?
An igneous rock can be metamorphosed (changed) into a metamorphic rock but will no longer be an igneous rock. An igneous body can be intruded into metamorphic rocks but will still be an igneous rock that is different from the surrounding metamorphic rocks. Ethier answer work depending on how the question is read.
When molten rocks cools what rocks form?
igneous rocks
Fossils found in younger rocks?
The youngest rocks would be igneous, those created by cooling magma. Impossible to find a fossil there.
Why is an igneous intrusion younger than the rocks in which it is found?
An igneous intrusion is younger because it forms after the surrounding rocks have already solidified. Magma forces its way into the existing rock layers, and once it cools and solidifies, it is considered younger than the surrounding rocks. This relationship helps geologists determine the sequence of geological events.
Where are igneous rocks?
Igneous rock can be found on the surface in areas of current or recent volcanism or in uplifted and eroded areas of past platonic intrusions, deep underground nearly anywhere, or in areas of past or present glaciations, where igneous rock has been eroded and deposited.
What are igneous rocks that form over the surface?
Rhyolititcen rocks.
What do you call it when rocks are liquified then hardens into solid rock?
This is known as igneous petrogenesis.The liquification process is known as melting (or partial melting as commonly not all mantle material melts at the same temperature). This material is then normally either erupted onto the Earth's surface forming extrusive igneous rocks or intruded into the earth's crust froming intrusive igneous rocks when it cools. Together they can be thought of as the formational process that igenous rocks undergo which is known as igneous petrogenesis.
What places can igneous rocks be found?
Between 50 and 200 km below Earth's surface
What do you call rocks that have been formed from the hot molten material within the earth's crust that has cooled and hardened?
Igneous rocks are formed by the solidification of molten materials.
