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Loose rock fragments can be caused by weathering, or indeed erosion. They can be found in a scree slope, and alluvial fan, a beach, in the soil (they are the soil, sometimes).
Loose rock fragments are known to a geologist as 'Unconsolidated sediment' which can be classified into various groups. Consider alluvium; the deposit from a river.
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What comes out of the volcanos crater with the fragments of rock and lava?
fragments of rock dust ash steam and gases
How do the rock fragments formed by weathering become rounded grains?
Sedimentary rocks are formed from the rock fragments that are made when a rock is eroed. Theese rock fragments are transported (carried away) from the rock face, usually by streams or rivers. As they are transported by the water, the rock fragments knock against each other and wear away. When they become very small they are called grains
What are sedimentary rocks of weathered rock fragments called?
Sedimentary rocks of weathered rock fragments are called clastic rocks.
What is the name of the rock with angular fragments?
Large angular rock fragments describes an agglomerate. This usually happens in volcanic vents.
What are two examples of sediment?
1. mineral fragments 2. rock fragments
Where could you find rock debris fragments in loose layers?
There are a number of places where you could find rock debris fragments in loose layers. Some of them include plate tectonics, mines, glaciers and so many more.
What is loose material such as rock fragments mineral grains and plant and animals remains?
Talc
What loose material such as rock fragments mineral grains and plant and animal remains?
Talc
What are loose rocks?
Loose rock fragments can be caused by weathering, or indeed erosion. They can be found in a scree slope, and alluvial fan, a beach, in the soil (they are the soil, sometimes). Loose rock fragments are known to a geologist as 'Unconsolidated sediment' which can be classified into various groups. Consider alluvium; the deposit from a river.
What is a loose material such as rock fragments mineral grains and plant and animal remains?
coal and limestone
What is the Movement of fragments of rock?
The movement of rock fragments is called erosion.
What the movement of fragments of rock?
The movement of rock fragments is called erosion.
What are rock fragments that are squeezed together?
Clastic Rock- a sedimentary rock forms when rock fragments are squeezed together.
A loose mixture of rock fragments and organic material that can support the growth of vegetation is called?
Soil, dirt, gumbo, ground, etc.
What is the name for weathered rock fragments?
Weathered rock fragments are known as sediment.
What makes a clastic rock different from a bioclastic rock?
A Clastic sedimentary rock forms when fragments of preexisting rocks are compacted or cemented together. A Bioclastic rock is a clastic rock but the fragments are not of preexisting rock but of organic shell and or bone fragments.
What kind of rock is composed of rounded rock fragments?
A conglomerate, classified by rounded rock fragments larger than 2cm compacted and cemented into a rock.
