What is the rock cycle? / Natalie Hyde.
Material type: TextSeries: Let's rockPublication details: New York : Crabtree Pub., c2011.Description: 32 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN:- 0778772314 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
- 0778772365 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780778772316 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
- 9780778772361 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
What is the Rock Cycle describes the natural transformation of one type of rock into others. Beginning with igneous rocks made in volcanic eruptions, rock is weathered and eroded gradually to form a sediment. This sediment is then deposited and pressed into layers making sedimentary rocks. These in turn are transformed by heat and pressure into metamorphic rocks. Heat makes these melt into magma which, together with molten rock from the core of the Earth, make new igneous rocks.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
The origins of rocks -- Moving plates -- The rock cycle -- Explosive stuff! -- Heating and cooling -- Igneous rock types -- Erosion in action -- Sedimentary status -- Sedimentary rock types -- Fantastic fossils -- Metamorphic rocks -- Metamorphic rock types -- People and rocks.
Describes the natural transformation of one type of rock into another.