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How can sandstone be transformed into sediment without becoming metamorphic and igneous first?
Sandstone can be transformed into sediment if lithificaton dues not occur.
What is rocks formed from sediment deposits?
Sedimentary rocks. Example, sandstone.
Describe the sequence of events in the formation of a sandstone?
The formation of sandstone involves two principal stages. First, a layer or layers of sand accumulates as the result of sedimentation, and then the sand becomes sandstone when it is compacted by pressure of overlying deposits.
Which type of sediment settles fastest or slowest?
which type of sediment settles fastest? slowest?
Which characteristic setermines weather a rock classified as a shale a slitstone a sandstone or a conglomerate?
Size of sediment particles determines a rock's classification
What type of organisms are found in sandstone?
They are usally used when you build buildings and compose the sediment
How can sandstone be transformed into sediment without becoming metamorphic and igneous first?
Sandstone can be transformed into sediment if lithificaton dues not occur.
What rocks from sediment deposits?
one of them is sandstone.
What rock is made out of the smallest sediment?
sandstone
How does change granite into sandstone?
Granite becomes Sandstone when water erodes the Granite on Earths surface, and then deposits the sediment.
What is rocks formed from sediment deposits?
Sedimentary rocks. Example, sandstone.
Describe the sequence of events in the formation of a sandstone?
The formation of sandstone involves two principal stages. First, a layer or layers of sand accumulates as the result of sedimentation, and then the sand becomes sandstone when it is compacted by pressure of overlying deposits.
What is rocks formed from sediment?
Sedimentary rocks. Example, sandstone.
What is the kind of rock is the Grand Canyon?
A mix of sandstone and other sediment rocks
What type of sandstone?
there is the 3 type of sandstone quatrz-arenite arkose graywacke
What mineral is a sandstone?
Sandstone is not a mineral, it is a rock type.
What type of rock are sandstone?
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock.
