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Silt and clay size sediments form shale.
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When sediment turns into sedimentary rock does sedimentary rock turn back to sediment?
Sedimentary rocks can turn back into sediment by a process of weathering and erosion.
Examples of lithified sediment?
Examples would be: limestone, chalj, dolostone, sandstone, conglomerate and some types of shale.
What is the particle size of clastic sedimentary rocks?
Shale is composed of the smallest particles of other rocks.
How does the process that turns clay into shale differ from the process that turns sand into sandstone?
Not a whole lot of difference, other than the size of the particles and possibly the cementing material.
What sedimentary rock does granite turn into?
Gneiss turns into granite. Though it comes from shale."GNEISS can turn to migmatite and then totally recrystallize into granite."
What is the smallest sediment from rocks?
Shale
What does shale change from?
fine-grained sediment
What sediment is compacted to form shale?
clay
How are shale beaches formed?
Shale beaches are formed from the deposition of sediment form nearby shale cliffs which are eroded. The shale can also be deposited at a beach due to longshore drift.
What is a dark sedimentary rock formed by compression of layers of clay-rich sediment?
Shale is made from layers of mud and clay pressed together. :)
What makes up sediment?
Silt and clay size sediments form shale.
What rock turns into sediment?
pumice
When sediment turns into sedimentary rock does sedimentary rock turn back to sediment?
Sedimentary rocks can turn back into sediment by a process of weathering and erosion.
What happens to a rock when its weathered?
it turns to sediment
Examples of lithified sediment?
Examples would be: limestone, chalj, dolostone, sandstone, conglomerate and some types of shale.
What geological process is at work when obsidian or granite turns into sandstone or shale?
Compaction
What metamorphic rock does shale and granite turn into?
Shale turns into slate, granite into gneiss.
