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What are plastic sedimentary rocks?
Plasticity is usually a term used in reference to metamorphic rocks, and refers to the plastic-like ability of very hot and intensely pressurized rocks to bend and alter their shape without fracturing.
Rocks formed from weathered debris from preexisisting rocks are called?
They are called clastic sedimentary rocks.
What causes sedimentary and igneous rocks to change?
Sedimentary rocks can be changed into metamorphic rocks through heat and pressure, while igneous rocks can be changed into metamorphic rocks through the same process. Both types of rocks can also be weathered and eroded, leading to the formation of new sedimentary rocks.
How does metamorphic rock turn to sedimentary rock?
Sedimentary rocks get turned in to metamorphic rocks by heat and pressure. They get heated by magma and convection currents, which causes the rock to change.
What causes sedimentary or igneous rocks to turn into metamorphic rock?
Heat and Pressure.
What are the two ways rocks permanently deform?
Faulting and folding (also known as brittle and ductile deformation). Please see the related links.
What causes sedimentary rocks to change into hard rock?
weathering erosion transportation deposition compaction/cementation and lithification changes sediments to sedimentary rocks. High pressure and temperatures changes them to metamophic rocks
What force causes sedimentary rocks to be transformed into metamorphic rocks?
Pressure and heat from being buried under mountains.
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
Are sedimentary rocks formed from fragments of other rocks chemical sedimentary rocks?
No, sedimentary rocks formed from fragments of other rocks are called clastic sedimentary rocks. Chemical sedimentary rocks form from minerals that are dissolved in water and precipitate out to form rocks like limestone or halite.
Are there any fossils in sedimentary rocks?
Yes all fossils occur in sedimentary rocks or rocks that began as sedimentary rocks.
What process must sedimentary rocks undergo to become metamorphic?
Sedimentary rocks must be subjected to high temperature and pressure within the Earth's crust to become metamorphic rocks. This process, known as metamorphism, causes changes in the mineral composition and texture of the sedimentary rock, resulting in the formation of metamorphic rocks.
