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Clastic rocks are grouped based on the size of the grains of sediment contained within them.
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How are clastic non clastic and organic sedimentary rocks the same?
They are all Sedimentary
What types of minerals are clastic sedimentary rocks made of?
Clastic sedimentary rocks are made of broken pieces of preexisting rock that are compacted together. The mineral quartz makes up sixty percent of the clastic sedimentary rocks.
What rock is absorbent?
clastic rocks
What are rocks made of sedimentary bits?
clastic rock
What determines how rocks are grouped into the three different types?
Rocks are classified into the three categories, based on the method of their formation: Three main categories - igneous (solidified from magma/lava) metamorphic (undergone change from applied heat/pressure) sedimentary (deposited- can be clastic, biochemical and precipitated)
What do clastic and chemical rocks have in common?
They are rocks.
What class of sedimentary rocks is made of fragments of rock minerals and shells?
== == Clastic sedimentary rocks.
How do geologist classify sedimentary rocks?
They are classified as clastic or non-clastic. Clastic sedimentary rocks are formed from rock particles of various sizes. Non-clastic rocks are formed from precipitation of minerals out of solution or by the lithification of organic matter.
What are the three categories of sedimentary rocks?
Clastic Rocks, Organic Rocks, and Chemical Rock
The most common minerals in clastic sedimentary rocks are likely?
the most common minerals in clastic sedimentary rocks are likely
How are clastic non clastic and organic sedimentary rocks the same?
They are all Sedimentary
What types of minerals are clastic sedimentary rocks made of?
Clastic sedimentary rocks are made of broken pieces of preexisting rock that are compacted together. The mineral quartz makes up sixty percent of the clastic sedimentary rocks.
What are the three most common clastic sedimentary rocks?
The three most common clastic sedimentary rocks are: - conglomerate-sandstones-shale
What rock is absorbent?
clastic rocks
Clastic sedimentary rocks are formed from?
Fragments of preexisting rocks.
What type of sedimentary rocks from from the breakdown of larger rocks?
Clastic
Difference between clastic rocks and non-clastic rocks?
Clastic rocks are sedimentary rocks consisting of bits and pieces of other rocks created by physical/mechanical weathering. Non-clastic are also sedimentary rocks; however are absent bits and pieces of other rocks and are formed through chemical processes (e.g. hydrolysis, evaporation, precipitation, oxidation) or form out of organic material (e.g. coal, chalk).
