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What is the force that causes rock layers to crumple and fold?
Compressive stress causes the "crumpling" and folding of rock layers.
What type of rock is Sedimentary rock?
it is the rock where over years things erode and decompose and then harden into rock so they're different layers of rock below the surface.
How are layered rocks formed?
Rock layers are formed by sedimentation. Existing rocks weather and erode, are deposited, covered with additional sediments, compacted and cemented together by the precipitation of minerals from the fluids between the particles. There are other instances where layers can be created, such as repeated volcanic eruptions, but the bulk of rock layers are sedimentary in origin.
What mechanical weathering causes rock to flake off in layers?
Chemical.
Stress that causes rock layers to stretch and move apart?
tension
What Causes Rock Layers To Fold?
what causes a rock to break into many layers. DOES WATER
What is the force that causes rock layers to crumple and fold?
Compressive stress causes the "crumpling" and folding of rock layers.
What type of rock is Sedimentary rock?
it is the rock where over years things erode and decompose and then harden into rock so they're different layers of rock below the surface.
What things causes a rock to erode?
Weathering, wind, rain, extreme temperatures.
How does temperature change erode rock?
If water is caught in cracks in the rock and it freezes it expands. This causes the rock to chip off.
What causes rock layers to be displaced?
Earthquakes
What causes rock layers to uplift?
Earthquakes or erosion
What are things that erode weathered rock?
things that erode weathered rock
How are layered rocks formed?
Rock layers are formed by sedimentation. Existing rocks weather and erode, are deposited, covered with additional sediments, compacted and cemented together by the precipitation of minerals from the fluids between the particles. There are other instances where layers can be created, such as repeated volcanic eruptions, but the bulk of rock layers are sedimentary in origin.
What is a break in the layers of rock which causes a section of it to become dislocated?
It is an earthquake.
What mechanical weathering causes rock to flake off in layers?
Chemical.
Stress that causes rock layers to stretch and move apart?
tension
