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Sedimentary rocks are made from particles called sediment.
They are made from layers of sediment (small particles) on the bottom of rivers or seas. The sediments are compressed as more layers build on top of them. The particles then become cemented together to form solid rocks. The layers of rock are called strata. Sedimentary rocks have a grainy structure and they easily crumble.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoSandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock. As such the particles it is made up of are known as clasts or grains.
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What is small solid particles of material from rocks or organisms which are broken down by erosion or deposition is called?
Sedimentary Rock
What are sedimentary rocks made of?
Sedimentary rocks can be made from any kind of material, from other rocks to shells to plant material. Basically, any rock, from metamorphic to igneous and even to sedimentary, can be weathered and eroded. These particles and grains can be carried great distances by wind, water, ice, etc. before they are deposited and lithified (cemented) back together to form sedimentary rocks.
How do sediments become sedimentary rocks?
When sedimentary rock is weathered in nature by chemical or mechanical means, the particles that are produced can be eroded and deposited, becoming sediments.
What are 2 things that can change rocks to other types of rocks?
There are three main types of rocks: igneous, sedimentary, and composites. Igneous rocks are formed when sedimentary or composite rocks experience extremes of heat and pressure. Sedimentary rocks are formed when smaller particles are overlaid for extended periods of time. Composite rocks are formed a mixture of elements under pressure.
Do sedimentary rocks have parent rocks?
In a sense they do, but not in the geologic sense that a metamorphic rock does. Most sedimentary rocks are formed from particles of other rocks which could be a mixture of all three types (sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic). Therefore they would have multiple parents, so the term "parent rock" is not used. The term most used is "source rock'.
What type of rock is formed from particles or dissolved minerals from previously existing rocks?
The rock described would be a clastic sedimentary rock.
What is it called when a rocks particles come of and make another rock from the particles?
Sedimentary rocks are formed from the fragments of other rocks
Rocks formed from weathered debris from preexisisting rocks are called?
They are called clastic sedimentary rocks.
Which sedimentary rocks are derived from weathered particles?
Detrital sedimentary rocks are made from weathered rocks.
Conglomerates belong to a group of sedimentary rocks called?
Conglomerates are among the group called clasticsedimentary rocks, those that are formed of cemented particles of other rock particles.
Sedimentary rocks form when layers of small particles are compressed?
The small particles are compressed under water to then form sedimentary rocks
Rocks such as sandstone which are formed from particles of other rocks are?
Sedimentary rocks.
A sedimentary rock made up of fragments of other rocks such as Breccia is?
A sedimentary rock made up of rock fragments or particles of other rocks is called 'clastic'.
Rocks such as sandstone are formed from particles of other rocks are?
Sedimentary.
What type of sedimentary rocks forms when particles of minerals and rocks are cemented together?
Detrital sedimentary rock. clastic sedimentary A+
Does a sedimentary rocks contain particles from other rocks?
yes sedimentary rock countain all particles from both igneous and metamorphic rock.
What are sedimentary rocks like?
Some sedimentary rocks are particles and rock fragments that become cemented together. Examples of sedimentary rocks are chalk, sandstone, limestone and shale.
