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Supracrustal rocks are those sedimentary or volcanic rocks deposited or formed over the basement rocks which were later metamorphosed.

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What are rocks in the sea called?

Rocks in the sea are typically referred to as sea rocks or underwater rocks. They can also be called submerged rocks or marine rocks.


What rocks are formed from broken rocks?

Rocks formed from broken rocks are known as sedimentary rocks. These rocks are formed from the accumulation and lithification of sediments, which can include fragments of other rocks, minerals, and organic material. Common examples of sedimentary rocks formed from broken rocks include sandstone, conglomerate, and shale.


Name the three types of rocks?

Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks are the three main types of rocks. Igneous rocks are formed from the cooling of molten rock, sedimentary rocks from the accumulation of sediment, and metamorphic rocks from the transformation of existing rocks under heat and pressure.


Can metamorphic rocks form form igneous but not from sedimentary rocks?

Metamorphic rocks can form from both igneous and sedimentary rocks through the process of heat and pressure, but they are more commonly associated with forming from existing metamorphic or sedimentary rocks. Igneous rocks can indirectly contribute to the formation of metamorphic rocks by heating up and altering surrounding rocks, leading to the formation of new metamorphic rocks.


What rocks are also called fiery rocks?

Rocks that are commonly referred to as fiery rocks include types of volcanic rocks such as obsidian, basalt, and pumice due to their formation from volcanic activity and fiery origins.

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What rock group is the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt?

The rocks are not a "greenstone belt" strictly speaking because they have been so metamorphosed that the original low-grade metamorphic mineral assemblage has been transformed to pyroxene and then retrogressed to hornblende (amphibole) which is black. Instead, geologists refer to such rocks as a supracrustal belt; an assembly of volcano-sedimentary rocks of a common origin for which there is no longer a basement rock contact. The Nuvvuagittuq supracrustal belt is composed of amphibolites mostly metamorphosed basalts and altered tuffs(?) that are poor in CaO (erroneously termed "faux amphibolites"). In addition to these rocks, there are banded iron-formations, quartzites, and some clastic metasediments. The rocks were emplaced around 3.8 billion years ago and carry hints of being derived from some re-worked much older (>4.3 billion years old?) mafic crust. Research continues.


5 monuments made of sedmentary rocks?

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When molten rocks cools what rocks form?

igneous rocks


What are the groups of rocks?

They are Sedimentary rocks, Igneous rocks, and Metamorphic rocks.


What is sea soap?

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What are rocks in the sea called?

Rocks in the sea are typically referred to as sea rocks or underwater rocks. They can also be called submerged rocks or marine rocks.


What rocks are formed when existing rocks are changed into new rocks?

metamorphic rocks.


Rocks formed from weathered debris from preexisisting rocks are called?

They are called clastic sedimentary rocks.


Are plutonic rocks igneous rocks that hardened on top of volcanoes?

No. Plutonic rocks are igneous rocks that hardened underground. Rocks that form on volcanoes are volcanic rocks.


What types of rocks are found in volcanoes?

igneous rocks,sedimentary rocks, and metamorphic rocks.


What can all rocks be broken into?

Small Rocks, and smaller rocks, and even smaller rocks.


Are volcanic rocks igneous rocks?

Yes. Volcanic rocks are extrusive igneous rocks.