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Lecture 3

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  1. Rocks and Rock-Forming Processes
  2. Why study rocks?
  3. Why study rocks?
  4. Why study rocks?
  5. Why study rocks?
  6. 3.1 How and where do rocks form?
  7. 3.1 How and where do rocks form?
  8. 3.1 How and where do rocks form?
  9. Why study rocks?
  10. 3.1 How and where do rocks form?
  11. 3.1 How and where do rocks form?
  12. 3.1 How and where do rocks form?
  13. 3.1 How and where do rocks form?
  14. 3.1 How and where do rocks form?
  15. 3.1 How and where do rocks form?
  16. 3.1 How and where do rocks form?
  17. 3.1 How and where do rocks form?
  18. 3.1 How and where do rocks form?
  19. 3.2 Can rocks be classified according to the processes that form them?
  20. 3.2 Can rocks be classified according to the processes that form them?
  21. 3.2 Can rocks be classified according to the processes that form them?
  22. 3.2 Can rocks be classified according to the processes that form them?
  23. 3.2 Can rocks be classified according to the processes that form them?
  24. 3.2 Can rocks be classified according to the processes that form them?
  25. 3.2 Can rocks be classified according to the processes that form them?
  26. 3.2 Can rocks be classified according to the processes that form them?
  27. 3.2 Can rocks be classified according to the processes that form them?
  28. 3.2 Can rocks be classified according to the processes that form them?
  29. 3.3 How do we know how to determine rock origins?
  30. 3.3 How do we know how to determine rock origins?
  31. 3.3 How do we know how to determine rock origins?
  32. 3.3 How do we know how to determine rock origins?
  33. 3.3 How do we know how to determine rock origins?
  34. 3.4 How are the rock classes related to one another?
  35. 3.4 How are the rock classes related to one another?
  36. 3.4 How are the rock classes related to one another?
  37. 3.4 How are the rock classes related to one another?
  38. 3.4 How are the rock classes related to one another?
  39. 3.4 How are the rock classes related to one another?
  40. Katrina Update

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Metamorphic structure in Scotland showing large rock in shades of brown and tan folded back on itself

Classic regional metamorphic structures in Scotland

Note not just the bands, but also that they are folded back on one another, attesting to the pressure that drives such change.

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