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| sediment drops through water at speed thats proportional to radius squared and the density contrast between particle and water |
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| water soluble mineral sediments that result from the evaporation of bodies of surficial water |
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| process in which sediments compact under pressure, expel, connate fluids, and gradually become solid rock |
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| coarse grained felsic rock, confined to continental crust |
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| a fine grained mafic rock, occurs mostly in oceanic crust |
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| stoping xenolith assimilation |
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| upward movement of magma by fracturing overlying rock inclusion of unmelted country rock in igneous rock magma melts country rock forming new material |
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| like sill except dome upwards (runs in between layers of country rock) |
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| earths core is made primarily of |
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| runs in between layers of country rock |
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| cuts across layers of country rock |
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