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What are the characteristics of the three types of rocks sedimentary metamorphic and igneous?
Sedimentary rocks: Rock formed when chemical reactions cement sediments (small, solid fragments of rocks and other materials) together, hardening them. Igneous rocks: Rock that forms from molten rock (hot magma thats cools and hardens). Metamorphic rocks: Igneous/sedimentary rock that has been changed into a new kind of rock as a result of great pressure and temperature.
How do igneous sedimentary and metamorphic rocks form?
If any kind of rock-igneous or sedimentary- is far enough beneath the surface, the pressure can change it into a metamorphic rock. Also heat - the effects differ. It doesn't have to be ever so deeply buried, geologically, since metamorphism is usually a orogenic process in the affected sedimentary rock.
How can an igneous or metamorphic rock change into a sedimentary rock?
A sedimentary rock can change from that to a metamorphic rock then into an Igneous rock. e.g. Mudstone (sedimentary) is in the Zone of Diagenesis, when it is subjected to regional metamorphism (in mountain belts) it changes from a mudstone to a slate (low grade) then to a Phillite (medium grade) then a Schist (medium) then a gneiss (high grade) then into a Milonite (high grade) then once past the line of partial melting it has so much pressure and so much temperature that it turns into an Igneos rock. This is the basic explanation of this. If you want to know more, just ask me.Sedimentary rocks are changed into metamorphic by being buried deep enough that the heat and pressure alter their text, mineralogy, or other characteristics.
What types of rocks contain fossils?
Igneous rocks and most metamorphic rocks, of an igneous origin.
What kind of rock is most common in westchester igneous sedimentary or metaorphic?
If you want just one I would say sedimentary, but I'm not sure. According to a page/article, "most of the rocks in westchester probably began as a mixture of sedimentary and igneous rocks", so its definietly not metamorphic.
What kind of rock is gniss?
---- ====== ====== Is it a igneous , marble , metamorphic , or sedimentary
Name 3 kind of rocks?
Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic
What kind of rock does Igneous rock eventually form?
Sedimentary or metamorphic.
If it is not a sedimentary rock what kind of rock is it?
Either metamorphic or igneous.
What kind of rock can change into sedimentary or metamorphic rock?
Igneous Rock
What kind of rocks is rhodochrosite found in?
In Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary rocks.
What are the kind of solid?
All rocks are solid. Igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary.
What kind of rocks can produce metamorphic rocks?
All sedimentary and igneous rocks
What kind of rock is calcite igneous metamorphic or sedimentary?
ANSWERCalcite is really not a rock it is a mineral therefore it can not really be metamorphic , sedimentary , or igneous. But it is usually associated in materials of sediment so most likely it is sedimentary. If you would have to pick one. SEDIMENTARY
What kind of rock can changed into metamorphic rock?
Any rock, be it igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic, can be changed into a metamorphic rock through increased pressure and/or temperature.
How many kind of rock are there in the world?
There are three kinds of rock in the world: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary.
What is the definoiton of metamorphic rock?
Metamorphic rocks are rocks that have "morphed" into another kind of rock. These rocks were once igneous or sedimentary rocks.
