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How many years are necessary to turn the sediment into sedimentary rock?
It typically takes millions of years for sediment to be buried, compacted, and cemented into sedimentary rock. The exact timeframe can vary based on factors such as the type of sediment and geological conditions.
Is breccia a sedimentary metamorphic or igneous rock?
Yes. In the rock cycle, any sedimentary rock can be transformed into a metamorphic rock due to deep burial where the rock is changed by the earth's high temperature and pressure, an exposure to a plutonic intrusion, where rocks such as granite are formed, or any other process where heat and pressure alter the composition, appearance, and classification of a rock. An igneous rock can turn into a metamorphic rock or a sedimentary rock. A metamorphic rock can turn into an igneous rock or a sedimentary rock, and a sedimentary rock can turn into an igneous rock or a metamorphic rock.
What type of rock can turn into sedimentary rock?
Any type of rock can turn into sedimentary rock through the process of weathering and erosion. This involves the breaking down of existing rocks into sediments, which are then compacted and cemented together to form new sedimentary rock.
What happens to the rock fragments that get buried after a long time?
It depends how deep it is buried. If it is just covered with more and more sediment, it will compact and cement to become sedimentary rock. If it is buried to the point where it gets into the mantle or a comparable area, it can become melted into an igneous rock or baked and altered into a metamorphic rock.
What does the rock cycle have anything to do with fossils?
Sedimentary rocks are rocks that are formed by layers of different things compacting very tightly. These layers can have a lot of different things in them, like fossils. So, sedimentary rocks are partially made up of fossils.
What type of rock does sedimentary rock turn into when it is buried?
metamorphic
Can sedimentary rock be formed to any other rock?
yes it can be buried so deep it could turn into a metamorphic rock, or it could get buried next to a volcano and be molded into an igneous rock.
What type of rocks cannot turn into sedimentary rocks?
No rock. Any rock can turn into sedimentary rock, such as granite (igneous rock) and slate (metamorphic rock). Even sedimentary rock can turn into other sedimentary rock.
What type of rock may sedimentary rock turn into?
Metamorphic or new sedimentary rock.
The Igneous rock Sandstone can turn into which rock that can be a sedimentary rock?
Sandstone is sedimentary itself.
How does a rock turn into a sedimentary rock?
It melts it
How does a sedimentary rock turn into a igneous rock?
It melts it
How does a igneous rock turn into sedimentary rock?
It melts it
What does lithifaction turn into?
sedimentary rock
How many years are necessary to turn the sediment into sedimentary rock?
It typically takes millions of years for sediment to be buried, compacted, and cemented into sedimentary rock. The exact timeframe can vary based on factors such as the type of sediment and geological conditions.
Can a sedimentary rock turn back into a deposit of sediment?
Yes! The process of weathering can "break down" a sedimentary rock and turn it back into a sediment.
How can buried sediment turn into sedimentary rock?
Buried sediment can turn into sedimentary rock through a process called lithification. This process involves compaction, where the weight of overlying materials compresses the sediment particles, and cementation, where minerals precipitate from groundwater and fill the spaces between the particles, binding them together. Over time, these processes transform loose sediments into solid rock formations. This transformation typically occurs over long geological timescales.
