The melting of surface material, like rock, is a gradual process that occurs as tectonic plates subduct (slide under one another). Extreme frictional forces are applied, and this helps to heat the subducted material. Also it is heated increasingly by Earth's internal heat. As this process continues, all the subducted material becomes hot enough to melt to become magma.
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Magma is liquid rock that is underground. When it reaches the surface, as through a volcano, it is called lava.
Hot mantle rock rises to fill rift zones. When rock rises, a decrease in pressure causes hot mantle rock to melt and form magma.
All types of rock can melt. Thus potentially ALL types of rocks can form a magma. Your question - asking for 3 types, is therefore meaningless.
The sentence incorrectly implies that rock itself melts to form magma. In reality, the heat from the mantle causes the surrounding rock to melt and form magma which then rises towards the crust. Consider revising the sentence to accurately reflect this process.
Underground molten rock, called magma, does melt some of the surrounding rock.
A sedimentary rock can become an igneous rock through the process of melting and solidification. If sedimentary rocks are subjected to high temperatures and pressures in the Earth's crust or mantle, they can melt and form magma. This magma can then cool and solidify to form igneous rocks.
Yes. Magma is underground molten rock.
Igneous rock such as granite and basalt can melt under high temperatures when forming. This molten rock, or magma, can then cool and solidify to form igneous rocks.
Hot mantle rock rises to fill rift zones. When rock rises, a decrease in pressure causes hot mantle rock to melt and form magma.
All types of rock can melt. Thus potentially ALL types of rocks can form a magma. Your question - asking for 3 types, is therefore meaningless.
The sentence incorrectly implies that rock itself melts to form magma. In reality, the heat from the mantle causes the surrounding rock to melt and form magma which then rises towards the crust. Consider revising the sentence to accurately reflect this process.
it will melt
Basaltic magma usually forms a black rock.
Underground molten rock, called magma, does melt some of the surrounding rock.
All the three existing rock families/types/classes (ie, igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks) can form magma, if they become hot enough to melt and change to molten form.
A sedimentary rock can become an igneous rock through the process of melting and solidification. If sedimentary rocks are subjected to high temperatures and pressures in the Earth's crust or mantle, they can melt and form magma. This magma can then cool and solidify to form igneous rocks.
lava also known as magma which is the more scientific form of the word
Igneous rock, if heated sufficiently by subduction processes will melt to form magma.