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What percentage of rocks on earth are sedimentary?
Sedimentary rocks are the most common types of rocks that cover the earths surface because they are layered rocks. Approximately 65% of the rocks are sedimentary.
What rocks are formed when sediments are compressed compacted and cemented togerther?
Sedimentary rocks.
What rocks are formed from broken rocks?
Clastic sedimentary rocks and Cataclasites (a form of metamorphic rock) are formed from broken rocks.
Where do sedimentary rocks come from above ground or underground?
Sedimentary rocks come from above ground , because sedimentary rocks form when sediment piles up and sediment is made up of loose particles of clay, silt and sand
What class of sedimentary rocks is made of fragments of rock minerals and shells?
== == Clastic sedimentary rocks.
What percentage of rocks on earth are sedimentary?
Sedimentary rocks are the most common types of rocks that cover the earths surface because they are layered rocks. Approximately 65% of the rocks are sedimentary.
Can a moon rock become sedimentary rocks?
no because sedimentary rocks are made at the bottom of oceans
Which of the following forms when rocks are weathered and eroded?
Sedimentary rock
Is sedimentary rocks formed the same way normal rocks are?
No, because a sedimentary rock is formed from pieces of other rocks.
Rocks formed from weathered debris from preexisisting rocks are called?
They are called clastic sedimentary rocks.
What else can sedimentary rocks form from?
All rocks can form from sedimentary because the rock cycle is endless.
Why are fossils formed in sedmentary rocks?
Because sedimentary rocks are soft rocks
Are sedimentary rocks classified tofoliated sedimentary rocks?
Metamorphic rocks are classified by foliation or lack there of, not sedimentary rocks. They are classified into Clastic Sedimentary, and Chemical Sedimentary.
Does industry have to do anything with sedimentary rocks?
I don't think industry have anything to do with sedimentary rocks because industry is used for goods.
Fossils are found only in .?
Sedimentary rocks
Are sedimentary rocks formed from fragments of other rocks chemical sedimentary rocks?
No. The rocks you describe are clastic or detrital sedimentary rocks.
What has the author Sam Boggs written?
Sam Boggs has written: 'Petrology of sedimentary rocks' -- subject(s): Sedimentary Rocks 'Petrology of sedimentary rocks' -- subject(s): Rocks, Sedimentary, Sedimentary Rocks
