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What are compressed and cemented together to form sedimentary rock?
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Sedimentary rocks are formed by the compaction from overlying sediments and by the cementation resulting from the replacement of fluids with minerals, in a process of rock formation known as lithification.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 12y agoNo, Metamorphic rocks are formed by heat and pressure. Sedimentary rocks are formed by compaction and cementation.
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∙ 12y agosediment is compressed together by minerals dissolved in water.
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∙ 11y agopressure
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What types of rock are form when layers of rock particles carried by wind and water are compressed and cemented together?
Sedimentary
What is a type of sedimentary rock that is formed from compressed sand?
Compressed and cemented sand is called sandstone.
Which type of rock forms when sediments become pressed and cemented together?
When cemented together, clastic sedimentary rock.
What do pieces of sediment that have been pressed and cemented together form?
Sedimentary rock.
What rocks form from layers of materials that settle and are cemented together by pressure?
Rocks formed from layers of materials that settle and get cemented together are Sedimentary Rocks.
What types of rock are form when layers of rock particles carried by wind and water are compressed and cemented together?
Sedimentary
What is a type of sedimentary rock that is formed from compressed sand?
Compressed and cemented sand is called sandstone.
Which type of rock forms when sediments become pressed and cemented together?
When cemented together, clastic sedimentary rock.
What type of rock can be cemented together to form sedimentary rock?
conglomerate
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 do pieces of sediment that have been pressed and cemented together form?
Sedimentary rock.
What is rock that are compacted and cemented together to form a solid rock?
sedimentary rock.
These rocks form from layers of materials that settle and are cemented together by pressure.?
Sedimentary
What rocks form from layers of materials that settle and are cemented together by pressure?
Rocks formed from layers of materials that settle and get cemented together are Sedimentary Rocks.
How do loose rock sediments form rocks?
If they are deposited, compacted, and cemented together, they form a sedimentary rock.
Process by which sediments are stuck together to form sedimentary rock?
The process of sediments being compacted and cemented to form sedimentary rocks is called lithification.
Broken pieces of what types of rock are deposited into layers and cemented together to form sedimentary rock?
Detrital Sediments Sincerly, John
