20.

In the course of the building of mountains, plutonic igneous rocks, in this case granite, ultimately becomes exposed as weathered rock at the surface.  In conjunction with the removal by erosion of overlying material, what process is responsible for exposing weathered granite at the surface of the earth?


Geologic Processes


Erosion,
Transportation,
Deposition
Burial and
Cementation
(DIAGENESIS)
METAMORPHISM
(exposure to High P
and High T)
MELTING in the crust, beneath a Continent
or an Island Arc
MELTING in
Asthenosphere
INTRUSION
EXTRUSION
COOLING
and CRYSTALLIZATION
UPLIFT or
OBDUCTION
(Folding/Faulting)
SUBDUCTION