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Sedimentary Rocks
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Is compaction a step in the rock cycle of a sedimentary rock?
Compaction is a step in the creation of detrital sedimentary rock, those formed from the lithification of sediments.
. Which is a process involved in the formation of sedimentary rock?
Compaction
Why is cementation such an important process?
it results in the compaction of rock fragments
What is compaction in geology?
Compaction is one process leading to the formation of sedimentary rock by the pressing weight of overlying layers of sediment. Compaction leads to the formation of sedimentary rock by squeezing out air and fluids that exist between sediment particles. As the particles become closer and closer together and the fluids are removed, the particles can become cemented together by minerals that were in the fluids.
What substances are responsible for the stickiness of cemetation?
lava flowing down a volcano
What is cemetation mean?
Sedimentary Rock That Forms Where Of Organisms Are Deposited In Thick Layers.
What goes first compaction or subduction in the rock cycle?
it is compaction
Is compaction a step in the rock cycle of a sedimentary rock?
Compaction is a step in the creation of detrital sedimentary rock, those formed from the lithification of sediments.
How does a conglomerate rock form?
Compaction and Cementation
What processes is responsible for the compaction of sand grains into sandstone?
Lithification is the compaction of materials into a sedimentary rock, such as sandstone.
What is the process by which sediments are pushed together in layers to form sedimentary rock?
Settlement and compaction. As particles (sediments) are dumped, lets say, at the bottom of a lake, they will begin to settle and eventually harden into a sedimentary rock.
What can change a metamorphic rock into a sedimentary rock?
That is years of erosion and then cementation and compaction
What is sedimentary rock formed under pressure?
compaction!(:
Changing sediments into sedimentary rock are compaction and?
Cementation.
Which is the process involved in the formation of sedimentary rock?
Compaction
. Which is a process involved in the formation of sedimentary rock?
Compaction
Why does sedimentary rock from in layers?
due to the compaction over time
