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What is the main criterion for classifying detrital sedimentary rocks?
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Particle size.
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What is a type of detrital sedimentary rock?
Detrital rocks are sedimentary rocks that are composed of particles of weathered and eroded igneous, metamorphic, or other sedimentary rocks that have been deposited, compacted, and cemented together. Sandstone, conglomerate, shale, and breccia are examples of detrital sedimentary rocks.
What minerals are most common in detrital sedimentary rocks?
The most common minerals in detrital sedimentary rocks are quartz grains and clay.
What is the most abundant mineral in detrital sedimentary rocks?
quartz
Particle size is the primary basis for distinguishing among various detrital sedimentary rocks?
The primary basis for distinguishing among various detrital sedimentary rocks is particle size. The chief constituents of these rocks are quartz and clay minerals.
What property of detrital sedimentary rocks can be indicative of the energy of sediment transport?
Grain size
What criterion is used to subdivide the detrital sedimentary rocks?
nothing.
What is a type of detrital sedimentary rock?
Detrital rocks are sedimentary rocks that are composed of particles of weathered and eroded igneous, metamorphic, or other sedimentary rocks that have been deposited, compacted, and cemented together. Sandstone, conglomerate, shale, and breccia are examples of detrital sedimentary rocks.
What minerals are most common in detrital sedimentary rocks?
The most common minerals in detrital sedimentary rocks are quartz grains and clay.
Are sedimentary rocks formed from fragments of other rocks chemical sedimentary rocks?
No. The rocks you describe are clastic or detrital sedimentary rocks.
What are detrital rocks formed from?
Detrital sedimentary rocks, also called clastic sedimentary rocks, are composed of rock fragments that have been weathered from pre-existing rocks. They are the most common rocks on the surface of the earth.
Do detrital sedimentary rocks have clastic textures?
yes
What type of sedimentary rocks forms when particles of minerals and rocks are cemented together?
Detrital sedimentary rock. clastic sedimentary A+
In what ways are detrital rocks organic rocks and chemical sedimentary rocks the same?
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What is the most abundant mineral in detrital sedimentary rocks?
quartz
What are the chief constituents of detrital sedimentary rocks?
quartz and clay
What are detrital sedimentary rocks?
They are rocks formed from pieces of pre-existing rocks or organic debris.
Although not a rock... a material similar to detrital sedimentary rocks is WHAT?
Concrete!
