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Contents of 8.1 How do geologists know about rocks in Earth's interior?

8.1 How do geologists know about rocks in Earth's interior?

Examples of two rocks ejected from volcanoes

Fig 8.3

Volcanoes ejected these deep rocks; green ultramafic peridotite coated with basalt, and banded gneissic metamorphic fragment. Both indicate formation at depth.