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Which observation best shows that limestone was formed from ocean sediments?
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Dissolved minerals cement sediments together what kind of rock?
limestone, it's made of compreessed shells in the ocean.
What do limestone deposits tell about there environment they were formed in?
The environment was a tropical ocean
Limestone is a compound or element or mixture?
Limestone is principally CaCO3, which is a compound. Because naturally occurring limestone is usually formed from sea shells and ocean bottom debris mixed together, naturally occurring limestone is usually a mixture. Naturally occurring limestone in caves in the form of stalactites and stalagmites can be much more nearly pure than limestone formed from former sea beds, but even these kinds of cave limestone generally contain some materials other than pure CaCO3.
When a river meets an ocean why do sediments drop out?
It will drop because there is no longer a current to carry the sediments.
How are neritic sediments different form pelagic sediments?
neritic is near shore an covers about 1/4 of the ocean floor and pelagic is deep ocean basin and covers the other 3/4 of the ocean floor
Chalk formed from sediments made of skeletons of microscopic living things in the ocean must be a?
Chalk formed from sediments made of skeletions of microscopic living things in the ocean must be a(n) organic rock.
How is limestone formed in Florida?
over a very long time layers of these sediments hardened into a sedimentary rock called limestone
What is hydrogenous sediment?
Hydrogenous sediments are formed when minerals precipitate from the ocean, or they can be formed when minerals in the water react with older sediments.
How do hydrogenous sediments form?
Along which coast is Thorium found in abundance?
Sediments form a where the river meets the ocean?
The sediments are called silt or alluvium. The land formed from these sedimants where the river meets the ocean is a delta.
Dissolved minerals cement sediments together what kind of rock?
limestone, it's made of compreessed shells in the ocean.
What do limestone deposits tell about there environment they were formed in?
The environment was a tropical ocean
What type of setting formed will you find a deposit of organic limestone?
the ocean
Is limestone a intrusive igneous rock?
No. Limestone is a sedimentary rock formed when calcium carbonate precipitates from the ocean.
Where is limestone quarried?
Limestone is often sedimentary, formed of calcite in the form of shells and coral. So it's found where there used to be an ocean.
Can Plant and animals form sedimentary rock?
Skeletal remains of many sea creatures settle on the ocean floor. Here they mix with sediments and eventually become sedimentary rock.
What are the 2 ways that limestone can be formed?
By cooling of molten rock under the oceans
