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What is needed in order for sedimentary rocks to form from fragments?
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Foremost would be pressure, usually from burial by additional sediments. The other processes take it from there.
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What class of sedimentary rocks is made of fragments of rock minerals and shells?
== == Clastic sedimentary rocks.
What class of sedimentary rocks are made of fragments from rocksminerals and shells?
The class of sedimentary rocks that are made of fragments from rock minerals and shells is called alabaster. It is a fine-grained sedimentary rock.
A sedimentary rock made up of fragments of other rocks such as Breccia is?
A sedimentary rock made up of rock fragments or particles of other rocks is called 'clastic'.
What force is needed when forming sedimentary rocks?
Geo-thermal force is needed in forming the sedimentary rocks. The fragments of igneous rocks by erosion are carried by water currents and deposited in the basin for millions of years. The upheaval in the earth strata bring these deposits deep. The pressure of earth mass and its heat converts these deposits in to sedimentary rocks. The red sand stone is the best example of sedimentary rock formation.
What type of sedimentary rocks form the breakdown of larger rocks?
Clastic rocks are made from fragments of pre-existing rocks.
What are sedimentary rocks of weathered rock fragments called?
Sedimentary rocks of weathered rock fragments are called clastic rocks.
What sedimentary rocks are made of fragments of rocks minerals and shells?
Bioclastic sedimentary rocks.
Are sedimentary rocks formed from fragments of other rocks chemical sedimentary rocks?
No. The rocks you describe are clastic or detrital sedimentary rocks.
What class of sedimentary rocks is made of fragments of rocks mineral and shells?
== == Clastic sedimentary rocks.
What class of sedimentary rocks is made of fragments of rock minerals and shells?
== == Clastic sedimentary rocks.
Clastic sedimentary rocks are formed from?
Fragments of preexisting rocks.
What class of sedimentary rock is made of fragments of rocks minerals shells?
Clastic sedimentary rocks.
What class of sedimentary rocks are made of fragments from rocksminerals and shells?
The class of sedimentary rocks that are made of fragments from rock minerals and shells is called alabaster. It is a fine-grained sedimentary rock.
How does clastic sedimentary rocks begin?
as fragments of rock
A sedimentary rock made up of fragments of other rocks such as Breccia is?
A sedimentary rock made up of rock fragments or particles of other rocks is called 'clastic'.
What are sedimentary rocks like?
Some sedimentary rocks are particles and rock fragments that become cemented together. Examples of sedimentary rocks are chalk, sandstone, limestone and shale.
What force is needed when forming sedimentary rocks?
Geo-thermal force is needed in forming the sedimentary rocks. The fragments of igneous rocks by erosion are carried by water currents and deposited in the basin for millions of years. The upheaval in the earth strata bring these deposits deep. The pressure of earth mass and its heat converts these deposits in to sedimentary rocks. The red sand stone is the best example of sedimentary rock formation.
