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What are the steps or processes that lead to sedimentary rock formation?
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Sedimentary rock can form in more than one way. The majority of sedimentary rock is clastic sedimentary rock, formed from the weathering and erosion of existing rock. The steps in its formation are listed below. Steps 4 and 5 are often listed together as the process of lithification.
- Weathering of pre-existing rock into smaller pieces.
- Erosion and transportation of weathered rock particles (sediments).
- Deposition of eroded sediments.
- Compaction of deposited sediments.
- Cementation of compacting sediments.
For further explanation of sedimentary rock formation, see the related question below.
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Will the erosion on a mountain range that was pushed up as a result of two continental plates colliding lead to the formation of igneous rock metamorphic rock sedimentary rock or magma?
Erosion would most likely lead to deposition, compaction, and cementation, processes involved in the creation of sedimentary rock.
What processes lead directly to the formation of igneous rock?
Melting and solidification!
What processes can lead to igneous rock becoming sedimentary rock?
The processes would be, in order of their occurrence: weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation.
Erosion on a mountain range that was pushed up as a result of two continental plates colliding will lead to the formation of?
sedimentary rock
How is weathering related to the formation of sedimentary rocks?
Weathering is the breaking down of existing rock into smaller pieces that are transported by erosion to a place of deposition, which can lead to compaction and cementation--two processes necessary in the formation of sedimentary rock.
Will the erosion on a mountain range that was pushed up as a result of two continental plates colliding lead to the formation of igneous rock metamorphic rock sedimentary rock or magma?
Erosion would most likely lead to deposition, compaction, and cementation, processes involved in the creation of sedimentary rock.
What processes lead to the formation of igneous rock?
Melting and solidification!
What role does weather and erosion have in the change of igneous rock to sediment?
Clastic sedimentary rocks are formed by the weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction and cementation of other rocks. Chemical sedimentary rocks however may be precipitated directly from saturated solutions (examples incldue the evaporitic rocks and certain types of carbonates such as oolitic limestones). Some other sedimentary rocks may be biogenic in origin (such as the linmestones that are formed of coral reefs).
What processes lead directly to the formation of igneous rock?
Melting and solidification!
The processes of filtration and reabsorption that occur in the nephron lead to the formation of?
Urine formation in the kidney
What types of rocks are created from erosion and deposition?
Erosion and deposition can lead to the formation of sedimentary rock.
What processes can lead to igneous rock becoming sedimentary rock?
The processes would be, in order of their occurrence: weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation.
Four steps that lead to the formation of an earthquake?
There are four steps that lead to the formation of an eruption. These steps are moving of tectonic plate, pressure developed over a long period at its boundary, the convection heat at the asthenosphere and the sudden release of accumulated pressure from tectonic boundaries.
Erosion on a mountain range that was pushed up as a result of two continental plates colliding will lead to the formation of?
sedimentary rock
How is weathering related to the formation of sedimentary rocks?
Weathering is the breaking down of existing rock into smaller pieces that are transported by erosion to a place of deposition, which can lead to compaction and cementation--two processes necessary in the formation of sedimentary rock.
What two processes lead directly to the formation of both breccia and conglomerate?
Compaction and cementation
Are sedimentary rocks formed in many years?
Sedimentary processes are normally very slow in human terms. The process of lithification of sediments can take millions of years. Chemical sedimentary rocks, on the other hand can be created in a very short period of time even though the processes that lead to them may take much longer.
