Sentences with phrase «granite igneous rock»

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The relationship is fascinating because it is backward: ordinarily, it is igneous rocks such as granite that would that intrude into sedimentary rocks.

The textbook explanation is that the Moho draws the line between the crust and the mantle: a demarcation between familiar igneous surface rocks - such as granites, basalts and gabbros - and those of the interior peridotites.

Earth and Venus should have had sufficient inner heat to remelt some of its surface basalt to form a range of igneous rocks called granites or «granitoids,» which are coarse - grained blends of lighter minerals (including quartz, feldspar, and mica that are common in Earth's crust but rarer in the smaller planetsimals).

Obsidian, basalt, and granite are all examples of igneous rocks.

This dog has a granite deficiency and has made her way unerringly to a pile of igneous rocks.