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What is the role of rocks that are impermeable like shale in karst landformation?
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What type of sedimentary rock is impermeable?
Shale is the type of sedimentary rock that is impermeable.
How can something be porous but also impermeable?
Believe it or not, some porous rocks are considered impermeable. No rock is completely impermeable, but some porous rocks like shale and pumice are mostly impermeable, because the pores are not interconnected, thus not allowing fluids or gases to pass through them. This is why shale makes a good cap-rock, and pumice floats instead of sinking.
An aquifer is a?
No. Shale is a type of sedimentary rock. However, it can help form an aquifer by acting as an impermeable layer.
Examples of sedimentary rocks?
gypsum,sandstone and shale
What rocks can turn into schist?
Shale
Examples of permeable and impermeable rocks?
impermeable rocks are, basalt, granite, and quartzite.... i dont know any permeable
What type of sedimentary rock is impermeable?
Shale is the type of sedimentary rock that is impermeable.
How can something be porous but also impermeable?
Believe it or not, some porous rocks are considered impermeable. No rock is completely impermeable, but some porous rocks like shale and pumice are mostly impermeable, because the pores are not interconnected, thus not allowing fluids or gases to pass through them. This is why shale makes a good cap-rock, and pumice floats instead of sinking.
Is a Shale an aquifer?
No. Shale is a type of sedimentary rock. However, it can help form an aquifer by acting as an impermeable layer.
Highly impermeable layers such as compacted clay or shale are known as?
Highly impermeable layers such as clay or shale are referred to as an aquitard. While permeable sand and limestone that can transmitt large amounts of water to a well are referred to as an aquifer.
Sedimentary rocks formed from clay deposits?
Shale
What does shale rock turn into?
Shale rocks turn into clay. The pressure make shale into clay.
What is the metamorphic rocks of the original rocks of shale?
slate
An aquifer is a?
No. Shale is a type of sedimentary rock. However, it can help form an aquifer by acting as an impermeable layer.
Rocks formed from shale?
Shale can metamorphose through heat and pressure into slate.
Examples of sedimentary rocks?
gypsum,sandstone and shale
Can a shale rock float?
No. Shale sinks like almost all rocks.
