intrusive igneous activity
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Intrusive igneous activity. As magma cools underground, it will begin to solidify within Earth’s crust. Once completely crystallized, these masses of igneous intrusive rock are referred to as INTRUSIONS or as PLUTONS We will talk about several types of igneous plutons : - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Intrusive igneous activity As magma cools underground, it will begin to
solidify within Earth’s crust.
Once completely crystallized, these masses of igneous intrusive rock are referred to as INTRUSIONS or as PLUTONS
We will talk about several types of igneous plutons:› Dikes, Sills, Laccoliths, Batholiths, & Volcanic
Necks
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Intrusive igneous activity Types of intrusive igneous features
Dike – relatively small igneous intrusions formed as magma penetrates into rock fractures and solidifies into thin, sheet-like bodies.
Sill – sheet-like intrusions, like dikes, but they tend to be much thicker, and form as magma intrudes in between layers of sedimentary rock, then cools. Not as common as dikes
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Dike
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Diabase dike cutting thru preCambrian age Hakatai Shale at Hance Rapid in the Grand Canyon.
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Sill
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A sill in the Salt River Canyon, Arizona
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Laccolith Begins as a sill, since material fills in between rock layers.
Because of pressure, some sills can arch up the overlying sediments, creating a mushroom shaped rock body .
Tend to form at shallow depths
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Laccolith
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Intrusive igneous activity
Intrusive igneous features continued Batholith
Large plutons lacking a specific shape Form as huge quantities of magma intrude
into country rock, remove fragmets, and melt their way towards the surface.
Most remains underground Large batholiths can be over 100 miles
across
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When batholiths are uplifted and exposed, they are usually resistant strata that form the roots of mountain ranges or eroded highlands.
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Batholithsof western
NorthAmerica
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Batholith
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Intrusive Igneous Activity
Volcanic pipes and necks Pipes - short conduits that connect a
magma chamber to the surface Volcanic necks (e.g., Ship Rock, New
Mexico) - resistant vents left standing after erosion has removed the volcanic cone
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Formation of a volcanic neck
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The most famous volcanic neck in the United States is Shiprock, New Mexico
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Igneous Intrusions
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Volcanoes & Plate Tectonics Most volcanoes occur in the area
known as the Ring of Fire
Volcanoes can form at CONVERGENT & DIVERGENT plate boundaries!!
Volcanoes can also occur within a plate which can result in hot spots and form Island chains like Hawaii & Iceland
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A. Rising mantle plume; B. Rapid decompression melting producing flood basalts; and C. Rising plume tail produced by linear seafloor volcanic chain
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Distribution of some of the world’s major volcanoes
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Volcanoes and climate The basic premise
Explosive eruptions emit huge quantities of gases (SO2) and fine-grained debris
A portion of the incoming solar radiation is reflected and filtered out
Past examples of volcanism affecting climate
Mount Tambora, Indonesia – 1815 Krakatau, Indonesia – 1883
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Volcanoes and climate
Modern examples Mount St. Helens, Washington - 1980 El Chichón, Mexico - 1815 Mount Pinatubo, Phillippines - 1991
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Pinatubo Eruption June 1991
Map showing areal distribution of pyroclastic flows of June 1991 and destructive lahars that ensued in September 1991, killing many more people than the eruption
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Sulfer dioxide emissions of large volcanic eruptions from 1979-91, in thousands and millions of tons
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Impact of SO2 emissions on global climate, caused by formation of H2SO4 aerosol, deflecting radiant energy from the Sun into the Stratosphere