Fossils ranging in size from single celled plant and animal organisms to whale bones to dinosaur footprints are found in sedimentary rock.
There are lots of different types of sedimentary rocks: Gravel, sandstone, shale, limestone, etc. Let's talk sandstone. Sandstones generally contain small grains of feldspar and quartz. The area between the grains is called porespace and can contain cement (calcium carbonate or silica), clay, water or oil. Other types of grains found in sandstones can be: limestone fragments, metamorphic rock fragments, sandstone fragments, fossils, and other minor constituents such as magnetite, zircon, anhydrite, mica, etc. Gravel is coarser grained than sandstone and usually contains rock fragments eroded from older rocks. Shale is very fined grained and is usually contains clay minerals. Limestones are made up of calcium carbonate (calcite) that is usually formed by marine organisims (corals, shells, etc.).
Fossils ranging in size from single celled plant and animal organisms to whale bones to dinosaur footprints are found in sedimentary rock.
Fossils are very commonly found in sedimentary rocks more than other rocks. It can be composed of sand, decomposed other rocks and parts of hills or mountains and possibly fish bones.
Sedimentary rocks.
Clastic sedimentary rocks and Cataclasites (a form of metamorphic rock) are formed from broken rocks.
== == Clastic sedimentary rocks.
Sedimentary rocks are the most common types of rocks that cover the earths surface because they are layered rocks. Approximately 65% of the rocks are sedimentary.
it is denser than sedimentary rocks
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They are called clastic sedimentary rocks.
Rocks are composed of minerals. Minerals are inorganic chemical solids.
Metamorphic rocks are classified by foliation or lack there of, not sedimentary rocks. They are classified into Clastic Sedimentary, and Chemical Sedimentary.
No. The rocks you describe are clastic or detrital sedimentary rocks.
Sam Boggs has written: 'Petrology of sedimentary rocks' -- subject(s): Sedimentary Rocks 'Petrology of sedimentary rocks' -- subject(s): Rocks, Sedimentary, Sedimentary Rocks
A Geologist.
Yes all fossils occur in sedimentary rocks or rocks that began as sedimentary rocks.
Sedimentary rocks.
Clastic sedimentary rocks and Cataclasites (a form of metamorphic rock) are formed from broken rocks.
Sedimentary rocks form when they undergo metamorphism. Only if they decide NOT to be Sedimentary rocks anymore.
== == Clastic sedimentary rocks.