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rock cycle
noun
- Geology. a continuous process by which rocks are created, changed from one form to another, destroyed, and then formed again.
rock cycle
noun
- another name for geological cycle
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of rock cycle1
First recorded in 1895–1900
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It promised to explain how mountains form and fall, the hydrologic cycle, soil formation and erosion, minerals, the rock cycle, and why ocean sediments end up in weird places like the top of mountains.
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On May 27, an 18-year-old drowned while swimming in a different quarry at the Hard Rock Cycle Park.
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The rock cycle, as we now know, is driven by plate tectonics, with sedimentary material vanishing into subduction zones.
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