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What happens to a metamorphic rock when its weathered?
Weathering of existing rock is the first step in the formation of most sedimentary rock, providing the sediment which will eventually be eroded, deposited, compacted and cemented together.
What is rock that are compacted and cemented together to form a solid rock?
sedimentary rock.
What is a rock that forms when the particles are compacted and cemented together?
sedimentary rock.
What type of rocks are created as layer of sediment?
Sedimentary Rocks. Sedimentary rocks are created from stratification by the layering of materials on one another which then get compacted and cemented by sedimentation process over long period of time. The whole process of formation of sedimentary rocks from sediment is called Diagnesis. Examples of sedimentary rocks are limestone, chalk, and sandstone.
Which sedementray rock is composed of fragment skeletons and shells of sea organisms compacted and cemented together?
limestone
Describe what happens to sediment as it is changed to sedimentary rock?
It is compacted and cemented by minerals.
What rock forms from sediment that gets compacted and cemented together over time?
sedimentary rock
What kind of sedimentary rock is formed when sediment is buried compacted and cemented?
Clastic or bioclastic sedimentary rock is formed in this manner.
What must occur for sedimentary rock to form?
It must be exposed, weathered into smaller rock particles, transported by wind, water, ice, or gravity to a place of deposition, covered by additional sediments, compacted, and cemented together by minerals.
What happens to a metamorphic rock when its weathered?
Weathering of existing rock is the first step in the formation of most sedimentary rock, providing the sediment which will eventually be eroded, deposited, compacted and cemented together.
What type of rock is made up of slowly buried sediment that were later cemented together by dissolved minerals?
Sedimentary rock is formed from sediments are piled on top of one another, then compacted and cemented into rocks. Sandstone and limestone are examples of sedimentary rocks.
How are sedimentary rocks are made?
Sedimentary rocks are made by the majority of the crust are covered by a thin veneer of loose sediment, and the rock which is made as layers of this debris get compacted and cemented together.
Are volcanic rocks sedimentary?
No. Volcanic rocks are igneous (although not all igneous rocks are volcanic). Sedimentary rocks are made of sediment naturally cemented together. However, volcanic (or extrusive igneous) rocks can be eroded into sediment, which can be cemented, compacted, or otherwise become sedimentary rock such as sandstone or conglomerate. It is then not considered igneous.
Which process changes metamorphic into sedimentary rock?
Erosion breaks down a metamorphic rock then the particles get deposited and get cemented or compacted together forming a sedimentary rock.
What sediment is compacted to form shale?
clay
How are sediments joined up to form rocks?
Sediments produced from weathering and erosion are deposited in still environments, compacted by the weight of additional sediments and cemented by minerals that are present in the water that is being squeezed out between sediment particles.
What is it called when rocks that are compacted and cemented together to form a solid rock?
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