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Which would be washed away more easily by rain sandstone or granite?
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∙ 15y ago
Granite and sandstone are two different types of rocks. Granite is made from cooled lava or in some cases magma. Some rocks are made this way. However, sandstone is a sedimentary rock, which forms from sediment squished together. In sandstone, the sediment is sand. This means that the sediment can easily come of by just rubbing the stone against your hand
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 10y agoErosion rates are based on several things, mainly brittleness and hardness. Which one of those is more brittle and less hard? Do you find granite ruins, or sandstone countertops? Which is the least durable?
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∙ 8y agoWeathering is the breaking down of rocks, soil and minerals as well as artificial materials through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, biota and waters. Weathering occurs in situ, roughly translated to: "with no movement" , and thus should not be confused with erosion, which involves the movement of rocks and minerals by agents such as water, ice, snow, wind, waves and gravity and then being transported and deposited in other locations.
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∙ 15y agoSandstone, its minerals arn't locked in place like Granite's.
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∙ 10y agoSandstone is a delicate rock. Sandstone weathers faster.
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∙ 10y agoSandstone
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Which two kinds of adjoining bedrock would most likely have a zone of contact metamorphism between them?
shale and sandstone
How does sandstone turn into granite?
The sandstone would have to be melted first by descending into the lower crust at a subduction zone. Once melted it would have to rise through the crust cooling slowly to allow the formation of typical large crystal granite texture and allow steam to outgas from the melt before solidification.
Would clay or sand be easily washed away by rain?
sand
A sedimentary rock that is formed from sand deposits?
A type of sedimentary rock that is formed from compressed sand would be: Sandstone.
Explain how pieces of granite and slate could found in the same piece of conglomerate?
Conglomerate is a sedimentary rock that is composed of sever host rocks. These host rocks could be from very different environments, and from very far away. That is how you get two very different rocks within one conglomerate. the heat smelts them together
Would you expect quartzite or sandstone to break more easily?
Sandstone
Would you expect a quartzite or a sandstone to break more easily?
a sandstone would break more easily because a quartzite is harder. a quartzite is made of sandstone melted together by magma
Which two kinds of adjoining bedrock would most likely have a zone of contact metamorphism between them?
shale and sandstone
How would you put the word sandstone in a sentence?
Sandstone is more easily eroded than lava.
Which of the following rocks would most likely contain a fossil sandstone granite marble or basalt?
Limestone
Is house foundation made of sandstone?
Somtimes, but concrete ot granite would last longer, if installed properly.
How does sandstone turn into granite?
The sandstone would have to be melted first by descending into the lower crust at a subduction zone. Once melted it would have to rise through the crust cooling slowly to allow the formation of typical large crystal granite texture and allow steam to outgas from the melt before solidification.
How would you recognize sandstone?
it looks like a stone made out of sand and it brakes easily.
Would clay or sand be easily washed away by rain?
sand
Identify the series of processes that can transform magma into granite granite into sand and sand in to sandstone?
It would take two steps: erosion and then sedimentation after deposition in a new location.Granite is an igneous rock that has to be worn down its constituent minerals and then compressed to form sandstone, which is a sedimentary rock.
Would clay or sand be washed away more easily by rain?
sand
Why would sandstone break more easily than quartzite?
In quartzite the grains are essentially welded together under pressure, which holds them together much more strongly than the fairly weak cementation in sandstone.
