Rise To Surface

LAVA

Outgassing

CO2, H2O, SOX

Cooling / Crystals form

Extrusive Igneous Rocks

Weathering

Sediments build up/layers

Chemical

Erosion & Deposition

Buried under layers

Compaction & Cementation

Heat and Pressure WITHOUT MELTING

Crystals form (again)

Cooling / Crystals form

Heating WITH melting

Sediments

Sedimentary Layers

Dissolved Minerals

Sedimentary Rocks

Heat and Pressure WITHOUT MELTING

Metamorphic Rocks

Intrusive Igneous Rocks

Evaporite Chemical

Rocks

Rise To Surface

Heat and Pressure WITHOUT MELTING

Heating WITH melting

Rise To Surface

Heating WITH melting

Click here for FL’s Image Bank

Rise To Surface

LAVA

Outgassing

CO2, H2O, SOX

Cooling / Crystals form

Extrusive Igneous Rocks

Weathering

Sediments build up/layers

Chemical

Erosion & Deposition

Buried under layers

Compaction & Cementation

Heat and Pressure WITHOUT MELTING

Crystals form (again)

Cooling / Crystals form

Heating WITH melting

Sediments

Sedimentary Layers

Dissolved Minerals

Sedimentary Rocks

Heat and Pressure WITHOUT MELTING

Metamorphic Rocks

Intrusive Igneous Rocks

Evaporite Chemical

Rocks

Rise To Surface

Heat and Pressure WITHOUT MELTING

Heating WITH melting

Rise To Surface

Heating WITH melting

Click here for FL’s Image Bank

Rise To Surface

Outgassing

CO2, H2O, SOX

Cooling / Crystals form

ExtrusiveWeathering

Sediments build up/layers

Chemical

Erosion & Deposition

Buried under layers

Compaction & Cementation

Heat and Pressure WITHOUT MELTING

Crystals form (again)

Cooling / Crystals form

Heating WITH melting

Dissolved Minerals

Heat and Pressure WITHOUT MELTING

Intrusive

Evaporite Chemical

Rocks

Rise To Surface

Heat and Pressure WITHOUT MELTING

Heating WITH melting

Rise To Surface

Heating WITH melting

Click here for FL’s Image Bank

Rise To Surface

Outgassing

CO2, H2O, SOX

Sediments build up/layers

Chemical

Compaction & Cementation

Crystals form (again)

Cooling / Crystals form

Dissolved Minerals

Evaporite Chemical

Rocks

Rise To Surface

Heat and Pressure WITHOUT MELTING

Heating WITH melting

Rise To Surface

Click here for FL’s Image Bank

Magma under Hawaii

The eruption of

Mt. St. Helens (May 1980)

Click here to see a few post eruption photos

Lava Flows on the Big Island of Hawaii

Click here for more Hawaii photos

Flooding on the

Obion River (May, 2002)

Bryce Canyon (see EPOD pages here)

Layers of Sediment

Banded and Distorted Metamorphic Rocks

Gneiss (Katonah, NY) Schist (Two Lights State Park, ME)

Large crystals in an intrusive rock (Boulder, CO)

Uplifted, Tilted, and Exposed by Erosion

Sedimentary Rock Layers (near Morrison, CO)

Lava Flows (Mauna Loa, Hawaii)

Sedimentary Rocks(Grand Canyon, CO)

Salt Flats(Death Valley, CA)