Plutonic rocks are emplaced at depth yet they can be seen at the Earth's surface due mainly to ________.
A) catastrophic violent upheavals that bring them to the surface
B) continual ongoing intrusion after the magma solidifies
C) erosion of overlying rocks due to uplift
D) widespread igneous inversion
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Q2: Silicate igneous rocks make up the _.
A)bulk
Q3: The molten portion of magmas and lavas
Q4: The earliest formed crystals (phenocrysts)in a magma
Q5: All of the following are factors that
Q6: Three processes contribute to the formation of
Q7: Which of the following is the major
Q8: _ are dissolved in melts at depth
Q9: The process of _ is driven by
Q10: The mechanism of magmatic differentiation involving the
Q11: Explosive volcanic eruptions occur _.
A)when crystallization forces
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