(a) Name the petrological process that is taking place in the right-side image (above).          (b) Why are crystals forming around the walls of the magma chamber in the left-side image (above)?            (c) Which of the “left-side process” or the “right-side process” takes place first, and why?            (d) Name two possible minerals that could be represented by the green and the blue minerals in the right-side diagram.        (e) Name two possible rocks which could come from the minerals you have suggested in (d) above once they are cooled and have crystallized, by reference to their green or blue minerals sources and their locations on the right-side diagram.          (f) Name two possible rocks that could come from the cooling and crystallization of the crystals shown diagrammatically in the left-side diagram.

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
9th Edition
ISBN:9780134746241
Author:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
Publisher:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
Chapter1: The Study Of Minerals
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1LR
icon
Related questions
Question

3: (a) Name the petrological process that is taking place in the right-side image (above).

 

 

     (b) Why are crystals forming around the walls of the magma chamber in the left-side image (above)?

 

 

 

     (c) Which of the “left-side process” or the “right-side process” takes place first, and why?

 

 

 

     (d) Name two possible minerals that could be represented by the green and the blue minerals in the right-side diagram.

 

     (e) Name two possible rocks which could come from the minerals you have suggested in (d) above once they are cooled and have crystallized, by reference to their green or blue minerals sources and their locations on the right-side diagram.

 

 

     (f) Name two possible rocks that could come from the cooling and crystallization of the crystals shown diagrammatically in the left-side diagram.

cooler
Crystals effectivoly
removed from contact with liquid
to surface
Low density crystals
Hot
High density crystals
crystals effectively removed
Crystals effectively
emoved from contact with liquid
From Depth
from contact with liquid
on.
coolef
cooler
Transcribed Image Text:cooler Crystals effectivoly removed from contact with liquid to surface Low density crystals Hot High density crystals crystals effectively removed Crystals effectively emoved from contact with liquid From Depth from contact with liquid on. coolef cooler
Expert Solution
steps

Step by step

Solved in 4 steps

Blurred answer
Recommended textbooks for you
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science …
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science …
Earth Science
ISBN:
9780134746241
Author:
Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
Publisher:
PEARSON
Exercises for Weather & Climate (9th Edition)
Exercises for Weather & Climate (9th Edition)
Earth Science
ISBN:
9780134041360
Author:
Greg Carbone
Publisher:
PEARSON
Environmental Science
Environmental Science
Earth Science
ISBN:
9781260153125
Author:
William P Cunningham Prof., Mary Ann Cunningham Professor
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Earth Science (15th Edition)
Earth Science (15th Edition)
Earth Science
ISBN:
9780134543536
Author:
Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
Publisher:
PEARSON
Environmental Science (MindTap Course List)
Environmental Science (MindTap Course List)
Earth Science
ISBN:
9781337569613
Author:
G. Tyler Miller, Scott Spoolman
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Physical Geology
Physical Geology
Earth Science
ISBN:
9781259916823
Author:
Plummer, Charles C., CARLSON, Diane H., Hammersley, Lisa
Publisher:
Mcgraw-hill Education,