Plate tectonics cause rock deformation and the structures that form heat up and metamorphose and melt the rocks forming igneous rocks such as basalts and rhyolites. The magmatic and metamorphic rocks close the rock cycle when they are eroded to form sediments that will be deposited and eventually buried to large depths by plate tectonics

Plate tectonics cause rock deformation and the structures that form heat up and melt the rocks forming igneous rocks such as basalts and rhyolites. The magmas cause contact metamorphism closing the rock cycle when these are eroded to form sediments. The mountains are eroded generating new sediments that will be deposited and eventually buried to large depths by plate tectonics

Structures develop in response to plate tectonics. Rocks pile up by thrusting and folding creating mountains. The buried rocks are metamorphosed and melt to form igneous rocks. The mountains are eroded generating new sediments that will be deposited and eventually buried to large depths by plate tectonics

Structures develop in response to the rock cycle where thrusting and folding create mountains. The buried rocks are metamorphosed and melt to form igneous rocks. The mountains are eroded generating new sediments that will be deposited and eventually buried to large depths by plate tectonics