Granite is a plutonic rock which usually forms deep inside the earth s crust from the crystallization of molten magma.
Where would you most likely find granite.
Most of the solid surface of our planet ro ughly 70 is represented by sedimentary rocks but if you go deep enough beneath the earth s surface there are plenty of igneous and metamorphic r.
What is the main way groundwater moves through some rocks such as granite.
Intrusive rocks form from molten material magma that flows and solidifies underground where magma cools slowly.
In which part of the area in the investigation would you most likely find uncontaminated groundwater.
Granite is an intrusive igneous rock.
Granite is most commonly found in the continental plates along mountain ranges in circular depressions.
It is the most common plutonic rock of the earth s crust forming by the cooling of magma silicate melt at depth.
Andesite basalt granite rhyolite.
Based on their chemical properties and mineral content granite can acquire a pink to gray color.
Where would you be most likely to find granite in earth s mantle or earth s continent.
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Eventually the overlying rocks are removed exposing the granite.
What mineral is the most abundant in igneous rocks of intermediate composition.
Olivine and na rich plagioclase feldspar c.
Coastal plain appalachian plateau and valley and ridge in which georgia province would you be most likely to find paleozoic granite plutons like stone mountain.
Which of the following igneous rocks is the most mafic.
Granite coarse or medium grained intrusive igneous rock that is rich in quartz and feldspar.
Quartz and orthoclase feldspar b.
Pyroxene and amphibole d.
Diorite gabbro granite andesite.
Granite is the most widespread of igneous rocks underlying much of the continental crust.
Which of these georgia provinces would be most likely to contain fossils.
Na rich plagioclase feldspar and biotite mica.
Granite is hard enough to resist abrasion strong enough to bear significant weight inert enough to resist weathering and it accepts a brilliant polish.
Which of the following materials probably has the highest permeability.
Which of the following combinations of minerals would you most likely not find in common igneous rocks.
In which of the following igneous rocks would you be most likely to find the mineral mg fe 2sio4.