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Cementation
Llewellyn Hermiston
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∙ 15y ago== == The clastic route begins with the weathering and erosion of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic rocks. Through these processes, larger rock is broken up into smaller particles which are transported by moving water, ice, gravity or wind, and deposited at the bottom of a lake, a river delta, an ocean, or similar location where further movement is restricted or slowed down. The rock particles can range in size from boulders to clay particles less than .002 mm in diameter. If these rock particles are covered by additional particles, eventually the weight from above will start the process of lithification. Lithification is the compaction and cementation of particles which form rock. Compaction squeezes out the fluids and space that exist between the particles, and cementation results when the fluids that are squeezed out are replaced with minerals that were in the fluids. Once cementation occurs, the new sedimentary rock has been formed. Rocks formed in this manner include sandstone, shale, mudstone, breccia, and conglomerate.
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∙ 14y agoNon-clastic sedimentary rock usually forms from precipitation out of, or evaporation of, a supersaturated solution containing dissolved ions necessary for mineral growth.
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What type of rock is clastic and non-clastic?
Clastic sediments are sediments that have particles or pieces of rock (clasts) in them. The clasts can be of igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary rock. Non-clastic sediments are made up of dissolved minerals or organic matter.
What are the 5 major processes involved in forming sedimentary rocks?
Sedimentary rock formation begins with igneous, metamorphic, or other sedimentary rocks. When these rocks are exposed at the earth's surface they begin the long slow but relentless process of becoming sedimentary rock.
What is not a major process in the sedimentary rock?
Melting.
What two processes are involved with the formation of sedimentary rock?
The two major processes involved in the formation of sedimentary rock include deposition (in which sedimentary material is deposited in an area) and cementation (in which that material becomes glued together overtime).
What two processes are involved with the formation of a sedimentary rock?
The two major processes involved in the formation of sedimentary rock include deposition (in which sedimentary material is deposited in an area) and cementation (in which that material becomes glued together overtime).
A major process in the formation of clastic sedimentary rock is?
Cementation
What major process in the formation of clastic sedimentary rocks is .?
Cementation
List three major groups of sedimentary rock?
Sandstone and shale Actually it is Organic, Clastic, and Chemical
The three major groups of sedimentary rock?
clastic organic chemical
What are the three major group of sedimentary rocks?
Organic, Chemical and clastic.
What is the three major rocks of sedimentary?
Clastic, organic, and chemical rocks ~Isabelle (6th grader)
Briefly describe the five major process involved in the formation of sedimentary rocks?
Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, & Cementation.
What type of rock is clastic and non-clastic?
Clastic sediments are sediments that have particles or pieces of rock (clasts) in them. The clasts can be of igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary rock. Non-clastic sediments are made up of dissolved minerals or organic matter.
What are the 5 major processes involved in forming sedimentary rocks?
Sedimentary rock formation begins with igneous, metamorphic, or other sedimentary rocks. When these rocks are exposed at the earth's surface they begin the long slow but relentless process of becoming sedimentary rock.
What is not a major process in the sedimentary rock?
Melting.
What processes are involved with the formation of a sedimentary rock?
The two major processes involved in the formation of sedimentary rock include deposition (in which sedimentary material is deposited in an area) and cementation (in which that material becomes glued together overtime).
What two processes are involved with the formation of sedimentary rock?
The two major processes involved in the formation of sedimentary rock include deposition (in which sedimentary material is deposited in an area) and cementation (in which that material becomes glued together overtime).
