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What is a horizontal intrusive igneous body that forms between sedimentary rock layers?
An vertical intrusion of magma in a pre-existing rock formation is known as a dike.
How would igneous rock be on a layer of sedimentary rock?
The igneous rock could have been erupted as lava on the surface, or intruded into the sedimentary rock layers as magma underneath the surface (a sill).
What type of rock are the least common of the three types of rocks?
The most common chemical sedimentary rock is limestone.
Sedimentary rock also known as mudstone?
No. Mudstone is sedimentary rock, but not all sedimentary rock is mudstone. Sandstone and limestone are other common varities of sedimentary rock.
What feature of sedimentary rock is common to nearly every type of sedimentary rock?
Stratification.
What kind of metamorphism occurs when intrusive magma forms a sill between two sedimentary rock strata?
contact metamorphism
What rock type are most common at earths surface?
Sedimentary Rocks. 75% of rocks exposed to the surface are sedimentary. Basalt is the most common type of rock and it is igneous.
What feature of sedimentary rock is common to nearly every type of sedimentary?
Stratification.
What is the word sill?
a tabular body of intrusive igneous rock, ordinarily between beds of sedimentary rocks or layers of volcanic ejecta.
Is sedimentary rock the most common rock on planet surface?
yes
What is the most common type of rock found in Singapore?
sedimentary rock
Rock salt and rock gypsum are common examples of a group of chemical sedimentary rocks called?
Rock salt and rock gypsum are common examples of a group of chemical sedimentary rocks called evaporities. When a sedimentary rock consists of angular, grave sized particles is breccia.
