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What geological processes transform sediment into Shale Shale into slate slate into magma?
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What sediment is compacted to form shale?
clay
Which characteristic setermines weather a rock classified as a shale a slitstone a sandstone or a conglomerate?
Size of sediment particles determines a rock's classification
What is laminated rock?
Laminated rock is a type of sedimentary rock structure that features laminae. Laminae are representative of periods of sedimentation where thin beds with differing grain size, color or lithology are deposited. They usually appear as a succesive sequence of parallel banding of 10mm or less in a rock sample or facies.
Is shale magnetic?
no shale is not magnetic
What metamorphic rock is formed when shale and basalt are heated?
Slate is the metamorphic rock formed from shale. A pile of mud can turn into shale (a fine-grained sedimentary rock) with relatively low pressure, about 3 mi (5 km) down into the earth. With more pressure and some heat, shale can transform into slate. Metamorphic rock found closer to Earth's surface, or produced by low pressure, characteristically splits or flakes into layers of varying thickness. This is called foliation. Slate is often used as roofing tiles and paving stones.
What geologic processes transform sandstone into quartzite quartzite into magma and magma into rhyolite?
compacting and cementaing heat and pressure melting
What is the smallest sediment from rocks?
Shale
What turns sediment into shale?
Silt and clay size sediments form shale.
What does shale change from?
fine-grained sediment
What sediment is compacted to form shale?
clay
How are shale beaches formed?
Shale beaches are formed from the deposition of sediment form nearby shale cliffs which are eroded. The shale can also be deposited at a beach due to longshore drift.
What is a dark sedimentary rock formed by compression of layers of clay-rich sediment?
Shale is made from layers of mud and clay pressed together. :)
What geological process is at work when obsidian or granite turns into sandstone or shale?
Compaction
What makes up sediment?
Silt and clay size sediments form shale.
Can sediment rock be destroyed?
Any kind of rock can be "destroyed" when it comes down to it. If the question is whether sedimentary rock can be changed so that it is no longer the same kind of rock, the answer is - YES.Under sufficient pressure and temperature, most kinds of sedimentary rock transform into a related metamorphic rock.slate pretty much always comes from shale - and can further transform in to phyliteschist starts out as clay or mud which become shale (sedimentary rock) and through multiple transition steps over a long time eventually becomes schistgneiss may be formed from sedimentary rocklimestone (a sedimentary rock) can be transformed in to marblesand can become sandstone (sedimentary rock) and further transform into quartzitesandstone, shale, and limestone can be transformed into hornfels
Is slate extrusive igneous rock?
Slate is a metamorphic rock which originated typically as a shale, or mudstone/claystone, and is usually associated with Regional Metamorphism (intense pressure with heat). This can be due to overburden, continental collision or other large scale compressional geological processes.
Examples of lithified sediment?
Examples would be: limestone, chalj, dolostone, sandstone, conglomerate and some types of shale.
