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When hot magma rises towards the surface and cools, iron particles, inside the cooling rock, align themselves with the earth's polarity at the time of cooling. Due to magnetic reversals, that change the o...

Faults are a form of brittle deformation and typically make a rock sequence to appear broken. There a 3 main fault types, normal, reverse and strike-slip. Both normal and reverse faults show vertical move...

The thermal history of a sedimentary basin, where hydrocarbons and coals form, plays a crucial role in controlling the formation of economic deposits of hydrocarbons and ...

1. Convergent - Where two plates collide together, and the crust is destroyed.2) Divergent - Where two plates move away from each other, and new crust is formed.3) Transform - Where the two plates slid...

Sedimentary rocks are those that are formed by the weathering or breaking down of pre-existing rocks that then get laid down and lithified in layers such as sandstone. Igneous rocks are formed by tectonic...