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What causes sediment and rock to move to lower elevations through time?
SUNLIGHT causes sediment rocks to move to lower elevations through time.
The process of sedimentary rock?
Layers of sediment are piled on top of each other, and the top layers compress the lower layers into rock.
What is it called when lower layers are pressed together by upper layers on a rock?
Compaction.
How are glaciers formed?
A glacier forms as layers of snow build up. The weight from the upper layers of snow pack down the lower layers until the lower layers become very hard and form ice.
How can subsidence lead to the formation of sedimentary rocks?
When the ground subsides it can become lower than the surrounding terrain, forming a basin. Since water, which carries sediment, flows downhill, sediment will collects in these basins. If enough sediment collects, compaction and cementation will turn it into sedimentary rock.
What is the process in which layer upon layer of sediment builds up and pressure from the upper layers causes the lower layers to stick together and form solid rock?
Lithification.
What causes sediment and rock to move to lower elevations through time?
SUNLIGHT causes sediment rocks to move to lower elevations through time.
Sediment forms layers pressure from water and top layers over thousands of years cause lower layers to stick together and to form what?
Sedimentary rocks
The process of sedimentary rock?
Layers of sediment are piled on top of each other, and the top layers compress the lower layers into rock.
Pressure from water and top layers over thousands of years causes lower layers to stick together and form what?
The Answer Is Compaction.(:
The process in which pressure from the upper layers of sediment pushes down on the lower layers causing the sediments to stick together and form solid rock.?
compaction or cementation, but im pretty sure it is comoaction.
The process in which pressure from the upper layers of sediment pushes down on the lower layers causing the sediments to stick together and form solid rock?
compaction or cementation, but im pretty sure it is comoaction.
What does the word decant mean?
1 : to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers 2 : to pour from one vessel into another 3 : to pour out, transfer, or unload as if by pouring
Can mayonnaise cause stretch marks?
No, stretch marks are caused by tears in lower layers of the skin. This is caused by a gain in mass that causes the skin to stretch more than the lower layers are capable, as they are not as elastic as the top layer. This can be caused by weight gain, increase in muscle, or pregnancy.
Which change in a stream causes deposition?
A stream deposition occurs when, in the lower reaches, the flow of water (speed of flow) is reduced. Which is when the heavier sediment falls out and settles on the river bed.
Are older fossils found in higher layers of earth or lower layers?
lower0000
What is it called when lower layers are pressed together by upper layers on a rock?
Compaction.
