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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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rock cycle
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Bowens reaction series
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both are similar terms
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bowen’s Reaction Series describes the temperature at which minerals crystallize when cooled, or melt when heated. The low end of the temperature scale where all minerals crystallize into solid rock is approximately 700°C (158°F).
Detailed explanation-2: -Norman Bowen made some observations in the early 1900s, known as Bowen’s reaction series. He observed common crystals in igneous rock crystallized from magma at different temperatures. Various minerals in igneous rocks crystallized within similar temperature ranges.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bowen’s reaction series is able to explain why certain types of minerals tend to be found together while others are almost never associated with one another.
Detailed explanation-4: -News archive. N.L. Bowen in the early part of this century proposed a mechanism now called the Bowen’s Reaction Series to account for the production of different rocks from one basaltic magma. As the magma cools, crystals rich in calcium, iron and magnesium form first and those with silicon and oxygen last.