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What is the process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediments together?
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Cementation is the term that describes the process of forming sedimentary rock.
Sedimentary rocks are formed when sediments (products of the weathering of existing rocks) are glued together. When an aqueous solution is dissolved the minerals crystallize and glue sediments together. This process to form sedimentary rocks is called compaction (pressure-hardened) and commendation (gluing together by tiny crystals).
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The process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass?
The particles in the sediments are cemented as pressure squeezes out water. The dissolved minerals in the water, usually silica or calcite, then become solid (crystallize), tying the particles together.
What type of sediments form from minerals that crystallize from water?
actually no sediment does not form from minerals and crystallize from water.
What is hydrogenous sediments made of?
minerals that crystallize directly from ocean waters
What is cenmentation?
Cementation is when minerals crystallize and glue the sediments together
What forms when minerals dissolved in water solution crystallize?
A Chemical Rock
What forms when minerals dissolved in a water solution crystallize?
Non-Clastic, or chemical, sedimentary rock is formed from dissolved minerals. These rocks are made of chemical sediments that have been dissolved from minerals. Solid minerals precipitate out of the solution in water. These minerals layer, and the water above them causes the pressure which forms the rock.
What kind of rock forms when minerals that are dissolved in a solution crystallize on earth surface?
sedimentary rock
Is cementation the process of which dissolved minerals cristalize and glue sediments together?
Yes, it is .
What two minerals may form when dissolved in water crystallize on the bottom of lakes and seas?
halite deposits
What examples of minerals that can form when materials dissolved in water crystallize on the bottoms of lakes and seas?
Halite deposits.
The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together is called?
The process that presses sediments together is compaction. Thick layers of sediment build up gradually over millions of years. These heavy layers press down on the layers beneath them. The weight of new layers further compacts the sediments, squeezing them tightly together. The layers often remain invisible in sedimentary rock.
What are made of sediments that have been weathered and eroded from minerals dissolved in sea water?
sedimentation
