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Pelites are clastic rocks made from clay and they may be specifically called mudstones, siltstones, and shales.
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Small particles of sand is what type of clastic rock?
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed of cemented sand particles.
What does non-clastic mean?
Non-clastic means not formed from other rocks or rock particles.Non-clastic or chemical rock, is composed of chemical precipitate out of solution.Clastic rock is formed from particles of other rock.
What are examples clastic sedimentary?
Sandstone, conglomerate, and breccia are examples of clastic sedimentary rock, composed of particles of other rocks.
What makes a clastic rock different from a bioclastic rock?
A Clastic sedimentary rock forms when fragments of preexisting rocks are compacted or cemented together. A Bioclastic rock is a clastic rock but the fragments are not of preexisting rock but of organic shell and or bone fragments.
What type of rock is formed from particles or dissolved minerals from previously existing rocks?
The rock described would be a clastic sedimentary rock.
What clastic rock is made with clay particles?
maybe shale
What type of sedimentary rock forms when particles of mineral and rocks are cemented together?
Detrital sedimentary rock. clastic sedimentary A+
What is the particle size of clastic sedimentary rocks?
Shale is composed of the smallest particles of other rocks.
What type of sedimentary rock forms from weathered particles of rocks and minerals?
Sandstone is the sedimentary rock formed from weathered rock.
Small particles of sand is what type of clastic rock?
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed of cemented sand particles.
What kind of sedimentary rock is shale?
The sediments that eventually formed the rock shale were generally still water clay and mud particles.
What type of sedimentary rocks forms when particles of minerals and rocks are cemented together?
Detrital sedimentary rock. clastic sedimentary A+
Which describes breccia?
A. a clastic sedimentary rock with angular particles B. a chemical sedimentary rock C. a biochemical sedimentary rock D. a clastic sedimentary rock with large, rounded particles answer is a
Is shales permeable?
No, Shale is not permeable. Because it is a clastic sedimentary rock rock having clay structure. And clay particles tend to form a sheet structure and align the sheets together leaving no space for fluid to pass through.
What does non-clastic mean?
Non-clastic means not formed from other rocks or rock particles.Non-clastic or chemical rock, is composed of chemical precipitate out of solution.Clastic rock is formed from particles of other rock.
What kind of rock is clastic?
Clastic refers to sedimentary rocks with rock particles of various sizes cemented together in a finer matrix.
Is clastic sedimentary rock with very large particles metamorphic rock?
Yes
