Minerology and Rock Distribution Map || Worldbuilding Guide Part 11

Welcome to the next video in my worldbuilding guide series for creating an Earth-like planet! This video is covering rocks and minerology! We will be looking at the rock cycle, rock types and minerology, past orogenies and shallow seas, and creating a rock distribution map. This will set us up for part 12, where we will be looking at metals and ore deposits by technological age (and some gemology for fun).

Also, a huge shout out to geologist Nikolai Hersfeldt of Worldbuilding Pasta and geographer RossBayGeo as he is known on YouTube and for their feedback and advice on this project.

Here is the associated blog post: www.madelinejameswrites.com/blog/minerology

To start from the beginning or catch a part you may have missed, go to the playlist:

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-- References --

- Dynamic Planet: Exploring Geological Disasters and Environmental Change Chapter 3.5 on Igneous Rocks by Charlene Estrada
- Historical Geology Earth’s Oldest Rocks 18.3 Rocks Found in Greenstone Belts by Callan Bentley, Karen Layou, Russ Kohrs, Shelley Jaye, Matt Affolter, and Brian Ricketts
- Plate Tectonics and the Archean Earth by Michael Brown, Tim Johnson, and Nicholas J. Gardiner
- An Introduction to Geology Chapter 5.5 Depositional Environments by Chris Johnson, Matthew D. Affolter, Paul Inkenbrandt, and Cam Mosher
- Physical Geology - H5P Edition Chapter 10.5 Metamorphic Facies and Index Minerals by Karla Panchuk
- Mineralogy 2nd Edition Chapter 9 Ore Deposits and Economic Minerals by Dexter Perkins
- Large Igneous Provinces and the Release of Thermogenic Volatiles from Sedimentary Basins by Henrik H. Svensen, Morgan T. Jones, Tamsin A. Mather
- Ancient Sea Level: Concept of World Without Ice by Drs. Timothy Bralower and David Bice, Professors of Geosciences, College of Earth and Mineral Science, The Pennsylvania State University

-- Chapters --

00:00 Introduction
01:32 Rock Cycle and Definitions
03:42 Igneous Rocks
11:43 Sedimentary Rocks
16:49 Metamorphic Rocks
21:15 Archean Cratons
24:05 Mapping Old Orogenies
25:55 Mapping Past Shallow Seas
30:59 Mapping Rock Distribution

-- Graphics --

Rock Cycle Graphic:
Microbialmatt, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
The Rock Cycle:
NPS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Flood Basalt Igneous Provinces:
Williamborg, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
Main Depositional Environments:
File:Principales medios sedimentarios.svg: *SedimentaryEnvironment.jpg: Mikenortonderivative work: PePeEfederivative work: Mikenorton, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
Metamorphic Facies:
Woudloper, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
Map of Pilbara Region
Ebuhyo1 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
Picture of Pilbara Region:
Jeff SchmaltzMODIS Land Rapid Response Team,NASA GSFC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Picture of Fuchsitic quartzite from Greenstone Belt:
James St. John, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
Graphic of Past Earth with Shallow Seas:
Mannion, P. D. (2013). "The latitudinal biodiversity gradient through deep time". Trends in Ecology and Evolution 29 (1). DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2013.09.012., CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
Elevation maps:
SEDACMaps, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

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