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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.
How are sedimentary rocks important to human knowledge?
Sedimentary rocks are composed of layers, and show how layers have built up over time. Hope this helps!
Which plateau in India is made up of sedimentary rocks?
deccan plateau
Three ways in which sedimentary rocks differ from other rocks?
Sedimentary rocks are made up of materials that were once part of another rock. Most sediments are deposited on ocean floors or at the bottom of rivers and lakes.Clastic sedimentary rocks form from layers of sediments. Pressure causes the water around the sediments to be squeezed out and the sediments are cemented together.
What kind of rock is made up of layers?
Sedimentary Rock is made up of layers of different rocks.
What is locked up' carbon?
Carbon dioxide that has been taken out of the atmosphere and trapped inside oceans, sedimentary rocks, volcanoes etc. from billions and billions of years ago :)
What is locked up carbon dioxide?
Carbon dioxide that has been taken out of the atmosphere and trapped inside oceans, sedimentary rocks, volcanoes etc. from billions and billions of years ago.
Most non clastic sedimentary rocks are made up of what?
other sedimentary rocks.
What are the Himalayas made of?
Mount Everest is made up of sedimentary rocks.
What rock makes up ten percent of all sedimentary rocks?
Limestone makes up ten percent of all sedimentary rocks.
What rocks make up the Canadian badlands?
Igneous Rocks, metamorphic rocks, and sedimentary rocks
Where do sedimentary rocks come from above ground or underground?
Sedimentary rocks come from above ground , because sedimentary rocks form when sediment piles up and sediment is made up of loose particles of clay, silt and sand
What temperature is sedimentary rock formed at?
Sedimentary rocks can be formed at any temperature found on the surface of the Earth. Diagensis of sedimentary rocks occurs at temperatures up to the formation of chlorite (200C) from then on they are metamorphic rocks.
What are up-folded sedimentary rocks?
They are the part of sedimentary rocks that forms the crest of a folding during deformation. They are also called Anticlines.
A sedimentary rock made up of fragments of other rocks such as Breccia is?
A sedimentary rock made up of rock fragments or particles of other rocks is called 'clastic'.
What are sedimentary rock also list examples?
Sedimentary rocks are rocks made up of rock fragments(sediment)and cemented and compacted together over time. There are three sub groups to sedimentary rock organic,clastic,and chemical.Some rocks under sedimentary rocks are limestone,sandstone,and shale.
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.
