What does Bowen's reaction series tell us about how rocks evolve?
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Bowen's reaction series gives the temperature and order in which minerals crystallize from a magma (or alternatively melting temperature and order). For that reason, we can look at the constituent minerals in an igneous rock and get an idea of the temperature of the magma when it started to cool. Minerals with high cooling temperatures will not usually be found with low cooling temperature minerals and this may indicate that the magma moved after the highest temperature rocks had crystallized.
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A)Isostatic rebound B)Isographic rebound C)Isometric rebound D)Isostatic bounding E)Isometric bounding
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A. the British B. the French C. the Portuguese D. the Spanish
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A) hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, water B) carbon dioxide, water, and oxygen C) starch, enzymes D) glucose and oxygen