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Compaction and Cementation
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How is the coaresest sedimentary rock made?
The coarsest sedimentary rock is made by the process of sedimentary rock called "Deposition". Deposition is the process of laying down sediment carried away by either water wind or ice.
What 2 processes that cause sediment to be lithified into solid sedimentary rock?
Lithification refers to the process of turning sediments into rock. The 2 processes that cause sediment to be lithified into solid sedimentary rock are compaction and cementation.
What process can lead to igneous rock becoming sedimentary rock?
When igneous rocks are crushed and compacted into sediment
How the metamorphic rock can become sediment rock?
The Metamorphic Rock must undergo a process called Weathering and Erosion. Once it has become sediments it goes under another process called Cementing and Compacting. Now it has become a sedimentary rock. Trust Point me if this helped! Thanks!
Where can strata can be found sedimentary rock or igneous rock?
Sedimentary Rock. Strata is layers of sedimentary rock that form from the deposition of sediment.
When sediment turns into sedimentary rock does sedimentary rock turn back to sediment?
Sedimentary rocks can turn back into sediment by a process of weathering and erosion.
What step in the rock cycle creates the sediment from which sedimentary rock is formed?
erosion
What step of the rock cycle creates the sediment from which sedimentary rock is formed?
Weathering and erosion.
What step in the rock cycle creates the sediment form which sedimentary rock is formed?
erosion
Can a sedimentary rock turn back into a deposit of sediment?
Yes! The process of weathering can "break down" a sedimentary rock and turn it back into a sediment.
How is the coaresest sedimentary rock made?
The coarsest sedimentary rock is made by the process of sedimentary rock called "Deposition". Deposition is the process of laying down sediment carried away by either water wind or ice.
What 2 processes that cause sediment to be lithified into solid sedimentary rock?
Lithification refers to the process of turning sediments into rock. The 2 processes that cause sediment to be lithified into solid sedimentary rock are compaction and cementation.
What process can lead to igneous rock becoming sedimentary rock?
When igneous rocks are crushed and compacted into sediment
What is the process of preserving shells in sedimentary rock?
shells are compacted with the layers of sediment, making it, actually, a part of the rock
How the metamorphic rock can become sediment rock?
The Metamorphic Rock must undergo a process called Weathering and Erosion. Once it has become sediments it goes under another process called Cementing and Compacting. Now it has become a sedimentary rock. Trust Point me if this helped! Thanks!
Can sedimentary rocks come from other sedimentary rocks?
Yes. Sedimentary rock can weather and form the material for new sedimentary rock.
What the rock cycle describe?
The rock cycle describes how rocks are formed, and how they change to sedimentary rock, to metamorphic rock, to magma, to igneous rock, to sediment, and back to sedimentary rock.
