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What is crustal Compression?
when they are pushed together they form crustal rocks
Rocks that have layers or clasts were formed by what?
Is it sediment being compressed until it becomes rock
Do plates and crustal plates differ?
Plates and Crustal plates are not different it can also be called as Crustal rocks
They make up the crustal rocks found beneath the oceans?
it is the rocks that found beneath the oceans
What fault develops in response to horizontal tensional stresses in crustal rocks?
normal
How are bedding planes formed?
as rocks are compressed
What are rocks formed from?
Organic rocks form from dead organisms that pile up and is compressed into a rock.
What are organic rocks formed from?
Organic rocks form from dead organisms that pile up and is compressed into a rock.
How are each of the major types of rocks formed?
Igneous rocks are formed from magma or lava cooling and hardening. Sedimentary rocks are formed from sediments being compressed and cemented together. Metamorphic rocks are rocks that are changed by extreme heat and pressure.
What is crustal Compression?
when they are pushed together they form crustal rocks
What rocks are formed when sediments are compressed compacted and cemented togerther?
Sedimentary rocks.
Rocks that have layers or clasts were formed by what?
Is it sediment being compressed until it becomes rock
Do plates and crustal plates differ?
Plates and Crustal plates are not different it can also be called as Crustal rocks
How are rocks related to earth science?
Because rocks are formed deep in the Earth, and sometimes by compressed sand other sedimentary material.
What are organs formed from?
Organic rocks form from dead organisms that pile up and is compressed into a rock.
What has less density--the crustal rocks or the mantle rocks?
Crustal rock is normally less dense than mantle rock.
Can rocks change from any other type of rock?
Yes, rocks can change from any type.Igneous rocks can be compressed and change into a Metamorphic.Sedimentary and Metamorphic can be heated and compressed together to form any kind of Metamorphic.Sedimentary rocks can be formed from chips of an Igneous rock.And so forth. . .
