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Metamorphic Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks

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Subsoil - Eniscuola

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Lecture 4 Igneous Rocks - University of Illinois
Lecture 4 Igneous Rocks - University of Illinois

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... 1. Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University, Parks Rd., Oxford OX1 3PR, UK 2. Berkeley Geochronology Center and Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of California, Berkeley The Karakoram fault is a major NW-SE aligned dextral strike-slip that has accommodated a minor amount of ...
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Provenance (geology)



Provenance in geology, is the reconstruction of the history of sediments movements over time. The Earth is not a static but a dynamic planet, all rocks are subject to transition between the three main rock types, which are sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks (the rock cycle). Rocks exposed to the surface, sooner or later, are broken down into sediments. Sediments are expected to be able to provide evidence of the erosion history of their parent source rocks. The purpose of provenance study is to restore the tectonic, paleo-geographic and paleo-climatic history.
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