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What is the relationship between the Red Bluff granite and the Thunderbird Rhyolite?
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∙ 10y ago
They are chemically the exact same. Red Bluff Granite Suite is that part of the magma chamber that cooled inside of the Earth; whereas, the Thunderbird Formation is the extrusive/volcanic equivalent.
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Explain the relationship beween the red bluff granite and the thunderbird rhyolite?
If you take the words 'Red Bluff' and 'thunderbird' out of the question, the answer would be that granite and rhyolite may be composed of the same material, but one (granite) is a result of solidification underground, and the other (rhyolite) solidified above ground.
Is rhyolite volcanic?
Yes. Rhyolite is the volcanic equivalent of granite.
What is the difference between rhyolite and granite?
The difference is the size of grains. Rhyolite is the felsic igneous rock with fine-grained size. Whereas, granite is the equivalent in composition but with coarse-grained size.
The volcanic equivalent of granite is?
Rhyolite
What are four felsic igneous rocks?
vesicular rhyolite, rhyolite, granite, and pegmatite!
Explain the relationship beween the red bluff granite and the thunderbird rhyolite?
If you take the words 'Red Bluff' and 'thunderbird' out of the question, the answer would be that granite and rhyolite may be composed of the same material, but one (granite) is a result of solidification underground, and the other (rhyolite) solidified above ground.
Are granite and rhyolite similar in a way?
Yes. Rhyolite and granite have the same composition. Rhyolite is the volcanic equivalent of granite.
Is granite the plutonic equivalant of rhyolite?
Yes. Granite and Rhyolite have the same composition.
What is the light-colored rock that makes up most of the continental crust?
granite or rhyolite
What is the intrusive counterpart of rhyolite?
The intrusive counterpart of rhyolite is granite.
Is rhyolite volcanic?
Yes. Rhyolite is the volcanic equivalent of granite.
What is the difference between rhyolite and granite?
The difference is the size of grains. Rhyolite is the felsic igneous rock with fine-grained size. Whereas, granite is the equivalent in composition but with coarse-grained size.
The volcanic equivalent of granite is?
Rhyolite
What are four felsic igneous rocks?
vesicular rhyolite, rhyolite, granite, and pegmatite!
Which rock takes a longer time to form rhyolite or granite?
Rhyolite cools faster from magma (lava) than does granite, which forms from slow cooling of magma deep underground. Granite.
Which is older granite or rhyolite?
One is not necessarily older than the other. However, some rhyolite is far younger than any granite on Earth.
The extrusive counterpart of granite?
The extrusive chemical equivalent of intrusive granite is rhyolite.
