Volcanoes release CO2, both from metamorphic cooking of CaCO3 back
into igneous rocks, and from juvenile carbon (mostly released at mid-ocean ridges).
Not exact matches
The relationship is fascinating because it is backward: ordinarily, it is
igneous rocks such as granite that would that intrude
into sedimentary
rocks.
Interweaving the relative time scale with the atomic time scale poses certain problems because only certain types of
rocks, chiefly the
igneous variety How radiometric dating works in general: Radioactive elements decay gradually
into other elements.