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SOLAR ENERGY
Continental
crust
crust
Weathering
Tectonic uplift
Regolith
Igneous
rocks
Tectonic
uplift
Tectonic
uplift
Erosion and
disposition
Intrusion
and
volcanism
Metamorphism
Sediment
Magma
Melting
Burial and
cementation
Sedimentary
rocks
Metamorphic
rocks
Metamorphic
Rock cycle
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
Fig. 6.11 The rock cycle. Redrawn from Mehrtens (2014)
By hot, aqueous solutions flowing through fractures and pore spaces in crustal
rock to form hydrothermal mineral deposits.
By magmatic processes within a body of igneous rock to form magmatic mineral
deposits.
By precipitation of lake water or seawater to form sedimentary mineral deposits.
By flowing surface water in streams or along the shore to form placers.
By weathering processes to form residual mineral deposits.
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