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Which of the following forms when rocks are weathered and eroded?
Sedimentary rock
Can clastic rocks be sedimentary rocks?
No, the Grand Canyon is a river valley eroded into rock - as such it is an absence of rock. However the rocks through which the river has eroded are, in the main, of sedimentary origin.
Sediments that consist of mineral grains that were eroded from continental rocks are called .?
hydrates
What forms when rocks are weathered and eroded?
Sediment is formed when rocks are eroded or weathered in water. When the process occurs on land, the smaller pieces of rock mix with organic matter (plant, animal or spoor), and eventually become soil.
How does fine sediments reach the ocean floor?
It combines with the rock or material and compacts it to a growh where it cant be effected until cementation. Your welcome
Is eroded soil in sedimentary rocks?
Sedimentary rocks are by definition composed of little pieces of eroded rocks. So, yes!
Which type of rocks can be weathered and eroded?
All types of rocks can be eroded, so long as they are exposed to the elements.
How has the Old Harry Rocks changed?
the rocks had eroded
What happens to soil and rocks that have been eroded?
Eroded soil washes away and winds up in rivers, and eventually in lakes or oceans where is becomes sediment at the bottom. Rocks can be eroded into sand. Generally, they remain part of the soil, until the soil is eroded.
Rocks buried deep underground must do what before they are weathered or eroded?
Rocks buried deep underground must get exposed before they are weathered or eroded
What is a product of weathering and erosion rocks?
Deposition occurs when rocks are weathered then eroded.
How do you use eroded in a sentence?
the rock is eroded due to the years of weathering.
What happens to rocks that are in moving water?
They are eroded by the water.
Were do eroded rocks go?
Anywhere the weather brings them
When rocks are eroded they break down into smaller pieces of minerals and rocks called what?
Sediment.
What is a wind eroded rock called?
Wind eroded rocks are found mostly in arid regions, i.e. Desert Topography. Rocks eroded by wind are of different types and structures and are called different names depending on its form and agent of formation. The names given to some wind eroded rocks are; 1. Inselberg. 2. Rock Pedestals. 3. Zeugen.
When rocks eroded they break down into smaller pieces of rocks and minerals called?
Sedimentation
