Which of the following processes is NOT part of the rock cycle?
A) erosion
B) weathering
C) lithification
D) faulting
E) melting

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Faulting is not part of the rock cycle. The rock cycle involves the processes of weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation, melting, cooling, crystallization, and metamorphism. Faulting is a geological process that involves the movement or breaking of rocks along a fault line, but it does not involve the transformation of rocks from one form to another as in the rock cycle.

Which of the Following Processes Is NOT Part of the Rock