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Cementation is the process of deposition of dissolved mineral components in the interstices of sediments. It is the sticking together of sediment to form a new rock and is an important factor in the consolidation of coarse-grained clastic sedimentary rocks such as sandstones, conglomerates, or breccias during diagenesis or lithification. Cementing materials may include carbonates, quartz, iron oxides, or clay. (Source wikipedia)
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∙ 11y agoThe most common way that igneous and metamorphic rocks turn into sedimentary rocks are from erosion and weathering. The eroded material then forms layers. As the layers build up, so does the pressure. After many years, the pressure turns the debris into a solid rock, creating sedimentary rocks.
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∙ 12y agoIt certainly can become a sedimentary rock if it is weathered, broken down, transported, and re-lithified.
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∙ 12y agono it does not turn into limestone.
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Is granite metamorphic sedimentary or igneous?
igneous. Made from slowly cooling magma. :)
What is a name of a sedimentary rock that becomes igneous?
metamorphic
Is marble originally sedimentary or igneous rock?
Igneous rock is classified as extrusive or intrusive.
Is granite an intrusive rock?
Granite is an intrusive igneous rock.
Is silica intrusive or extrusive?
The terms intrusive and extrusive apply to the formation of igneous rocks. Silica is a chemical component of a wide variety of minerals found in many types of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock. All igneous rocks, both intrusive and extrusive, contain silica.
Is diorite a metamorphic rock igneous rock or sedimentary rock?
Diorite is an intrusive igneous rock.
Which is a sedimentary rock granite or limestone?
Limestone is a sedimentary rock. Granite is an intrusive igneous rock.
Is Granite an organic sedimentary rock?
granite is an intrusive igneous rock
What is an intrusive rock is?
Sedimentary rocks are not intrusive. Igneous rocks are though. See the link below.
What type of rock is a laccolith?
A laccolith is an igneous intrusion that has been forced between two sedimentary rock strata creating a lens.
Can intrusive igneous rock becomes a sedimentary rock?
Yes and No An igneous rock can not just "become" a sedimentary rock, it first has to be weathered and eroded at the surface of the Earth. The debris produced is then washed away as sediment and deposited elsewhere. This deposited sediment then gradually hardens into a new rock which is a sedimentary rock. Thus until igneous rocks are exposed in outcrop, they remain as igneous rocks.
Is granite metamorphic sedimentary or igneous?
igneous. Made from slowly cooling magma. :)
Is schist an intrusive or extrusive rock?
Neither, Igneous rock is either intrusive or extrusive. Thats what intrusive and extrusive is... A igneous rock.
Is Wave rock Sedimentary Igneous or Metamorphic?
Igneous it is Magma that was cooled underground-intrusive
Is sedimentary rocks extrusive or intrusive?
Neither. Intrusive and extreusive are terms used to differnetiate different types of igneous rock. They do not apply to sedimentary rocks.
What is igneous rock formed from magma below Earth's surface is called?
It is called an intrusive igneous rock.
How do igneous rocks change into 'sedimentary rocks?
AnswerUsually by subduction of sedimentary rock at plate boundaries, melting, and deposition as solidified crustal igneous rock, either extrusive or intrusive.
