Sedimentary Rock
This process is called sedimentation or lithification. Sedimentation occurs when small pieces of rocks (sediments) are deposited in layers, and lithification is the process by which sediments are compressed and cemented together by dissolved minerals to form sedimentary rocks.
All types of rock can fragment, and with time, the fragments become deposited in layers which can become buried, then through heat and pressure become cemented together to form a material known as Cliche, which in turn can fuse together through heat and pressure to become what is known as Conglomerate.
Sedimentary rock
Broken pieces of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic rocks can be deposited into layers and cemented together to form sedimentary rock.
sedimentary rock
sedimentary rock
sedimentary rock
sedimentary rock
This process is called sedimentation or lithification. Sedimentation occurs when small pieces of rocks (sediments) are deposited in layers, and lithification is the process by which sediments are compressed and cemented together by dissolved minerals to form sedimentary rocks.
All types of rock can fragment, and with time, the fragments become deposited in layers which can become buried, then through heat and pressure become cemented together to form a material known as Cliche, which in turn can fuse together through heat and pressure to become what is known as Conglomerate.
Sedimentary rock
Broken pieces of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic rocks can be deposited into layers and cemented together to form sedimentary rock.
sedimentary rock
Sedimentary rocks form as pieces of loose material get pressed or cemented together. The process of forming sedimentary rocks is lithification.
Welded tuff is forms when the ash deposited is so hot that it is still partially molten. The still liquid component then cools, fusing the deposit into a single solid mass. Cemented tuff becomes bound together from processes similar to those that form ordinary sedimentary rocks. Grains are bound together under pressure as minerals dissolved in water crystallize.
Clastic sedimentary rocks are formed from particles of pre-existing sedimentary, metamorphic, or igneous rock that are deposited, compacted, and cemented together by natural processes.Clastic sedimentary rock is made of fragments of rocks cemented together by a mineral such as calcite or quartz.
When older rocks, plants, and other loose material get pressed or cemented together