Rock+Cycle

Welcome to the Rock Cycle Page

Did you know that any given rock can change into any of the three major rock types? Sedimentary Igneous Metamorphic

Check out these great rock cycle sites. Just click on the title [|Interactive Rock Cycle Animation] This cutaway view of Earth shows where some common rock-forming processes occur. Embedded animations will illustrate the path of a rock moving through the rock cycle.

[|Mineralogy 4 Kids] Rocks are the most common material on Earth. Have a rock at home, use this site to help you determine what type of rock you have.

[|Rock & the Rock Cycle] Rocks are always on the move through the rock cycle. Choose from 3 levels: Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced

[|The Rock Cycle] Environmental agents change one type of rock into an entirely new rock. The web of environmental processes that forms and changes rocks is known as the ROCK CYCLE.

[|James Hutton:The author of the Rock Cycle] James Hutton (1727-1797), the eminent 18th century gentlman farmer and founder of modern geoscience, authored the concept of the fock cycle, which depicts the interrelationships between igneous sedimentary, and metamorphic rock.