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Layers of sediment are pressed under the earth for thousands and millions of years, and solidify into rock.
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Which type of rock forms when sediments become pressed and cemented together?
When cemented together, clastic sedimentary rock.
Is it possible for a sedimentary rock to be changed to become a new sedimentary rock?
Yes it is possible for a sedimentary rock to be changed into a different sedimentary rock.
What type of rock can become sedimentary?
Any type of rock, igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary, can become eroded and re-deposited and cemented together to become a new sedimentary rock.
What types of rocks can become sedimentary rock?
Any type of rock, igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary, can become eroded and re-deposited and cemented together to become a new sedimentary rock.
What are the 5 steps for an igneous rock to become a sedimentary rock?
Weathering and ErosionDepositionCompactionLithificationCementationThose are the five steps for an igneous rock to become a sedimentary rock!
Why are few sedimentary rock found deep inside the earth?
any rock can become a sedimentary rock.
What can transform igneous rock into sedimentary rock?
Igneous rock can become sedimentary if it is weathered into sediment and then lithified.
What process must a sedimentary rock go through to become a metamorphic rock?
what processes must sedimentary rock go through to become a metamorphic rock
What processes must a sedimentary rock go through to become a metamorphic rock?
what processes must sedimentary rock go through to become a metamorphic rock
What is the type of Rock formed when smaller bits of rock become pressed or cemented together?
Rock formed from the compression and cementation of particles of other rocks is called clastic sedimentary rock.
Can a metamorphic rock break in half then one half turns into a igneous rock and the other into a sedimentary rock?
The only way a metamorphic rock can become a sedimentary rock is if it is eroded and the pieces settle in a body of water and eventually become sedimentary rock. A whole piece of metamorphic rock is never going to become , by itself, a piece of sedimentary rock.
What is required to change an igneous rock into a sedimentary rock?
Igneous rocks are a "finished product". They do not become sedimentary rock - though sedimentary rocks, with heat and pressure can become metamorphic rocks.
