The following is the word bank that will be available for quiz #4 to be held during the last 30 minutes of class on 30 October 2000. The quiz will cover weathering, erosion, and metamorphic rocks.
Word Bank
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abrasion |
augen |
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aureole |
blueschist |
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chemical weathering |
climate |
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coesite |
contact metamorphism |
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country rock |
dissolution |
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dynamothermal |
eclogite |
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exfoliation |
facies |
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fluid |
foliation |
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freeze-thaw |
garnet |
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gneiss |
granulite |
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greenschist |
heat |
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hornfels |
hydrolysis |
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hydrothermal |
index mineral |
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isograde |
kyanite |
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marble |
mechanical weathering |
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metamorphic |
metamorphic contact |
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metamorphic grade |
metasomatism |
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mica |
migmatite |
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non-foliated |
organisms |
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oxidation |
parent material |
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phyllite |
physical weathering |
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pressure |
protolith |
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quartzite |
regional metamorphism |
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relief |
schist |
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sillimanite |
skarn |
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slate |
spheroidal weathering |
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staurolite |
stishovite |
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time |
xenolith |