Erosion, transportation of the eroded material, deposition of this material then lithification.
Erosion, transportation of the eroded material, deposition of this material then lithification.
Heat and pressure
compacting and cementing
All rocks on Earth take part in the "Rock Cycle". For an igneous or metamorphic rock to change into a sedimentary rock, they must undergo weathering and erosion by wind, water, and/or ice. The broken down pieces of rock (sediments) settle into layers that form a sedimentary rock.
Igneous to sedimentary: Igneous rock becomes exposed at the surface. Weathering of the rock occurs and the rock is broken down into smaller and smaller particles. The particles are transported and deposited by rain, wind, gravity, or ice to a place of deposition, where they eventually lithify through compaction and cementation into a sedimentary rock.Igneous to metamorphic: An igneous rock body is exposed to heat and pressures from tectonic plate collisions. The directional stress imposed on the rock causes the constituent minerals to align themselves perpendicularly to the direction of the stress and some recrystallization may occur, creating a banded or foliated metamorphic rock.
The list of the 3 types of rocks: 1. Igneous Rocks - These rocks form from magma trapped below the earth's surface and from lava that cooled on the earth's surface. 2. Sedimentary Rocks - These rocks form from loose materials such as fragments of rocks, plant and animal remains, and mineral grains that have been moved from one place and deposited in another place usually through the action of water. 3. Metamorphic Rocks - These rocks formed from igneous, sedimentary and other metamorphic rocks as a result of heat, pressure and chemical action.
If sedimentary rock is melted, then solidifies from melt, it is now an igneous rock. This can occur from contact with an intruding body of magma, or from heat and pressure from deep burial or collisions between plates and orogenic processes, where the sedimentary rock is first metamorphosed before melting.
An igneous rock would need to weather and erode, the sediments transported by wind, water, ice, or gravity to a place of deposition where they would undergo compaction and cementation, thus creating a sedimentary rock.
The best way to know when a physical change is taking place is to observe. There will be a visible change in physical changes.
Igneous rock can become sedimentary rock through the process of weathering and erosion, where the igneous rock is broken down into smaller pieces called sediments. These sediments are then transported and deposited in layers, where they become compacted and cemented together by pressure and time to form sedimentary rock.
the igneous rock must be broke down or weathered down by erosion into sediments that then compact and cement together by pressure (and maybe heat- i cant remember whether or not) over the time period of many years
No, pyramids are structures built by humans using stones, not natural formations like rocks. Pyramids are typically constructed from limestone, sandstone, or granite, which are sedimentary or igneous rocks that have been shaped and moved into place by humans.