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They are called bedding planes
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What are vein minerals?
Metal deposits that occur in the cracks of rocks.
What is the way a mineral breaks or splits apart?
The rocks cracks on everything
What causes ice wedging?
Ice wedging, also called frost wedging or frost shattering is a process where water seeps into cracks in rocks and freezes. Since water expands when it freezes this cpushes the cracks further open, eventually breaking the rock apart.
What are bands of ore that form when minerals dissolved in water and enter cracks in rocks?
veins
Vein minerals are metal deposits that occur in the cracks of rocks?
Vein minerals can contain deposits of metals and other minerals, and occur in fissures or cracks of rock.
What are horizontal cracks in limestone called?
Limestone is formed in layers called Bedding Planes and the vertical cracks are called Joints. The horizontal cracks are not given a specific name - however I am sure someone will want to contradict this
What are the cracks along flat rocks surfaces called?
Large cracks in rocks are called, fracture or fissure.
When rainwater seeps through cracks in rocks what is called?
erosion
Water freezes in the cracks in rocks. plants grow into the cracks in rocks?
cracks open wider
What is the cycle of freezing and thawing in cracks of rocks called?
ice wedges
Water freezes in the cracks of rocks and plants grow into the cracks of rocks what happens?
cracks open wider
In geology what is the difference between a sill and a dyke?
Both of these are called igneous intrusions. They form when liquid magma forces its way into cracks in existing rocks and sets. If the resulting band of rock is basically vertical it is called a dyke, and if it is more horizontal it is a sill.
The process by which ice widens and deepens cracks in rocks is called?
Ice wedging
What is the process in which ice widens and deepens cracks in rocks is called?
Ice wedging
What is magma that squeezes into vertical cracks between rocks and then hardens is called?
dike
What is it called when plant roots that force cracks in rocks farther apart?
natural decomposition
The underground water that fills openings in soil and cracks in layers of rock is called?
The underground water that fills opening in soil and cracks in layers of rocks is called ground water.
