Does the rock cycle happen in places like the Arctic or Antarctica?
Answer Hi Robert, Your question makes me wonder if you are sure of what the “Rock Cycle” is. Just in case I will give a quick rundown. The Rock Cycle is sort of a loop. All rocks can be part of the loop; Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic. It’s a sequence of events that involves the formation, alteration, destruction, and the reformation of rocks. There is no real starting point since it is a loop, but let’s just pick one; igneous rocks. Magma is melted rock. When it hardens it turns into igneous rocks. This takes place underground since it has to be about 2,0000 degrees. They either cool enough to turn to rock or get “erupted” out onto the surface. Still an igneous rock since it started from a melt. That rock erodes and is carried away by the action of wind or water. The particles are deposited and reburied. Pressure and temperature, due to the burial, cause the particles to lithify into Sedimentary rock. Those rocks can be carried under the surface by the action of plate tectonics
