This book introduces the rock cycle, from igneous rock made from volcanic eruptions to rock eroded to form sediment pressed into layers to metamorphic rock from heat and pressure on sedimentary rock; further heat melts metamorphic rock to magma which makes new igneous rock.
General Note
Includes glossary.
Content Note
The origins of rocks - Moving plates - The rock cycle - Explosive stuff! - Heating and cooling - Igneous rock types - Erosion in action - Sedimentary status - Sedimentary rock types - Fantastic fossils - Metamorphic rocks - Metamorphic rock types - People and rocks.