Geologic Materials

Weathered
Continental Crust or
Volcanic Island Arc,
(Rhyolite and Andesite)
Deposited
Sediment
Sedimentary
Rock
Metamorphic
Rock
Granitic
Magma
Plutonic 
Igneous Rock
(Granite)
Plutonic 
Igneous Rock
(Gabbro)
Oceanic Crust
(Mainly Basalt)
Mantle
Rock
Basaltic
Magma

Geologic Processes

Erosion,
Transportation,
Deposition
Burial and
Cementation
(DIAGENESIS)
METAMORPHISM
(exposure to High P
and High T)
MELTING in the crust, beneath a Continent
or an Island Arc
MELTING in
Asthenosphere
INTRUSION
EXTRUSION
COOLING
and CRYSTALLIZATION
UPLIFT or
OBDUCTION
(Folding/Faulting)
SUBDUCTION

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