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Rock layers that are forming are stratifying.
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What rock cycle means?
a reapedly of layers forming
How can ingneous rock disturb sedimentary rock layers?
Molten Rock from with in earth can force its way up through the layers above it cooling and forming igneous rock.
What layers of rock can tell us about the climate when the rocks were forming?
The hard ones.
What is sedimentary rock like?
it is a rock that has been formed by weathered particles forming layers and coming together to make a rock
What happens when the pressure snaps the rock?
A "fault plane is created, rock layers move relative to one another (rock can melt in the fault plane forming Pseudotachylyte or Mylonite) and energy is released as an earthquake.
What does older layers mean?
Layers of rock that were laid down longer ago than other layers. The law of superposition states the the layers deeper down are the oldest.
How do rock layers change?
Sediment layers are squeezed from above by the weight of overlying sediment, causing compaction. Compaction squeezes out air and water between the sediment particles. Minerals form as the air and water is squeezed out, cementing the particles together, and forming sedimentary rock.
Are Aquifers rock layers?
Aquifers are permeable layers of rock that have non permeable layers of rock under them so water remains in the permeable layers
How do geologist know that rock layers are undisturbed?
the way geologist know that rock layers are undisturbed is the rock layers are folded
What is cemetation mean?
Sedimentary Rock That Forms Where Of Organisms Are Deposited In Thick Layers.
Gaps in rock layers that develop when agents of erosion remove existing rock layers?
Gaps in rock layers that develop when agents of erosion remove existing rock layers are known as unconformities.
What is the sinking of rock layers?
the sinking of the rock layers is called subsidence
