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Q: What rock formed in mud when it is cemented and compressed?
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Is a shale rock a melted material inside the earth?

No. Shale is form from mud being compressed and cemented together. Melted material inside earth is called magma.


What rock is cemented mud or clay or silt?

Mudstone, claystone, and siltstone.


Why does shale usually crumble quite easily?

Shale is a soft sedimentary rock formed from consolidated clay or mud. It crumbles easily because the sediments forming it are not well cemented or lithified.


Rock formed by mud sand or clay?

Sandstone.


What is cemented mud clay or silt?

shale


Is dried mud a rock?

maybe because it is wet dirt and dirt is made up of little pieces of rock


What are sedmentary rock made of?

Three examples of sedimentary rock are: slate (which is compressed silt or mud); sandstone (which is compressed sand grains); limestone (which is the skeleton remains of minute shelled sea creatures).


Which is most likely a nonsedimentary rock a rock containing fossil shells a rock showing ripple marks and mud cracks a rock composed of gravel cemented together a rock consisting of large intergrown?

a rock consisting of large intergrown


What does mudstone turn into if it is heated and squashed?

Well, after millions of years, the mud will start to cement together, due to natural cements and will form rock. This can result in footprints, fossils, animal remain, etc to be preserved in the rock. If u want a better explanation, there is a thing called Wikipedia...


What is the sedimentary rock called that ks formed by mud and clay?

it is called SHALE :)


What is a turbidite?

sedimentary Rock formed from a rapid, subaqueous sand or mud flow.


Which sedimentary rock is formed when clay and mud undergo compaction and cementation?

shale