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Rocks made of loose material that have been cemented together is what?
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They're called clastic sedimentary rocks.
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Forms as pieces of loose material get pressed or cemented together?
Sedimentary rocks form as pieces of loose material get pressed or cemented together. The process of forming sedimentary rocks is lithification.
What are sedimentary rocks formed by?
When older rocks, plants, and other loose material get pressed or cemented together
How do loose rock sediments form rocks?
If they are deposited, compacted, and cemented together, they form a sedimentary rock.
How are sedimentary rocks are made?
Sedimentary rocks are made by the majority of the crust are covered by a thin veneer of loose sediment, and the rock which is made as layers of this debris get compacted and cemented together.
What forms when pieces older rocks plants and other loose material get pressed or cemented together?
If you press together pieces of rock and organic materials, fossils will form. However, this process takes several years to hundreds of year to complete.
What is loose rocks materials?
Loose rock material is called detritus.
What is loose material in layers slipping down a slope?
ice or rocks
What type of rock is formed when layers of loose materials are compacted and cemented together?
Sedimentary rock is formed from the processes of compaction and cementation of sediments.
What type of material can make up sediments?
The types of material are: loose pieces of rocks, minerals, pieces of plant and animal remians.
What is a non cohesive soil?
loose, sandy material which does not bond together very well.
What kind of rock is formed when sediment and loose material bind together?
Sedimentary rock.
What types of materials can make sediments?
The types of material are: loose pieces of rocks, minerals, pieces of plant and animal remians.
