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Contact (geology)

earth science Maturity 7-9

Rocks can touch in many ways.

Bedding contact.jpg
Bedding contact.jpg
Some rocks sit right next to each other. Other rocks break apart. Hot liquid rock can push into old rock too.
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Intrusive dike..jpg
This tells us how the Earth changed. Do you like looking at rocks?

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