THE ROCK CYCLE

Following Bruce Bridenbecker

By John V. Richardson Jr.

METEORITES

compaction and cementation clastic (detrital)

chemical-evaporites

(lithification) biochemical/organic (fossils) / (coal/peat)

SEDIMENT

weathering and erosion metamorphism

(heat, pressure, and

chemically active fluids)

IGNEOUS ROCKS

METAMORPHIC ROCKS

1) augen

2) sedimentary by

weathering & erosion

cools and crystallizes 3) melts