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Rock Cycle (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's topic entry on the rock cycle, the transitions it describes among igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock, and J. Tuzo Wilson's 1967 work linking the cycle to plate tectonics.

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Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_cycle
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
3
A community edited tertiary reference, used here for an uncontested topic definition and its own account of the 1967 Wilson cycle work linking the rock cycle to plate tectonics.
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Claims Backed By This Source (7 claims)

This source backs 7 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Concepts, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.

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6

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General References

1

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