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As plankton die, it sinks to the sea floor, and over many years, a sediment is formed.
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What kind of rock is formed form sediments?
Sedimentary rock.
How is petroleum formed?
scientists think that petroleum formed from the remains of plankton and other microscopic protists, plants, and animals living in shallow seas millions of years ago. The remains of these organisms settled on the ocean floor and were covered by sediments. Over millions of years, the pressure and heat produced by the sediments coverted the remains of these organisms into a syrupy liquid.
What is hydrogenous sediment?
Hydrogenous sediments are formed when minerals precipitate from the ocean, or they can be formed when minerals in the water react with older sediments.
How are sediments formed?
Sediments are formed from the weathering and erosion of Earth materials. Sediments can be organic, but most are inorganic; their source being a body of rock.from metamorphic rockerosion/weatheringsorry idk
How do hydrogenous sediments form?
Along which coast is Thorium found in abundance?
How are sedimentary rocks formed by?
by sediments
What is a soil formed by?
Windblown glacial sediments.
How are sedamentic rocks formed?
the sedamentic rocks formed on the gradual accumulation of sediments.
Which property best describes a rock which has formed from sediments?
The property that best describes a rock which has formed from sediments is that it is usually graded. It has fossils which are in form of rounded particles.
What type of rocks are formed when sediments are compacted over time?
Rocks that are formed by layers of sediments that are compacted over time are appropriately named sedimentary rocks.
What kinds of rocks formed from sediments?
Sedimentary rock.
What is the group of rocks that are formed from sediments?
sedimentary rocks
