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Surface water is required for sedimentary rock to form. There is no surface water on any planet in our solar system at the present time, except of course earth. It appears there WAS water on Mars, perhaps as recently as a billion years ago, where sedimentary rocks may have formed.
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What rock always originate at the surface of the solid Earth?
Sedimentary Rock
What are the steps of the rock cycle if it starts with Sedimentary rock is pulled into Earth's interior by tectonic forces?
heat and pressure change the sedimentary rock into metamorphic rock
What percent of the earth's crust is sedimentary rock?
Sedimentary rock; this is because the earth is constantly going through the rock cycle and both igneous rock and metamorphic rock have a lot to deal with under the earths surface and sedimentary rocks doesn't it just builds and builds over time which creates 75% of rock the covers the earth surface.
What is the earths crust made of?
The crust of the Earth is made of sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rock.
What type of rock covers most of the earth's surface?
Sedimentary rock covers most of the earth's surface. It makes up 75% of all the rock on the earth.
Where can you find sedimentary rocks?
Sedimentary rock is rock that formed in the oceans after the sediment hardened. You will find such rock near bodies of water or places that used to be under water.
Why are few sedimentary rock found deep inside the earth?
any rock can become a sedimentary rock.
Why does earth have more sedimentary rock than metamorphic rock or igneous rock?
Most Earth rock is igneous or metamorphic even though visible surface bedrock is mostly sedimentary. Of the total Earth rock volume, only a tiny fraction is sedimentary.
Where would you most likely find a sedimentary rock such as sandstone?
Sandstone---as exposed rock on the surface of the Earth in tectonically lifted former beach or deltaic deposits. Sedimentary rock---the majority of rock units on the surface of the Earth are sedimentary in nature.The keyword is 'surface'.
Type of rock in which most fossils are found?
Sedimentary rock is where we look for fossils.
Are you more likely to see sedimentary rocks on the surface or deep in earth's crust?
Of all the rock on Earth's surface, 75% is sedimentary rock. But, sedimentary rock is only about 5% of the whole crust. Unlike igneous rock, which forms underground, sedimentary rock forms from materials at Earth's surface. Which this means that sedimentary rocks are more likely to be seen on the surface. Hope this helps :)
What can you find within layers of sedimentary rock?
As sedimentary rock is deposited at over time, you can find fossils in it.
Where does sedimentary rock exist core crust or mantle?
Sedimentary rock covers much of the Earth's crust.
Is sedimentary rock part of earth?
yes
What is the layering of sedimentary rock?
its the centre of the earth
How does the sedimentary rock become a sedimentary rock?
Layers of sediment are pressed under the earth for thousands and millions of years, and solidify into rock.
Why there is no sedimentary rock deep in Earth's crust?
Below certain depths the heat and pressure will turn sedimentary rock into metamorphic rock.
