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Slate is a type of what rock?
A metamorphic rock.
What are three categories of things that might be part of the sediments in sedimentary rock?
Sand, silt or clay
Is sedimentary rock formed from cooling magma?
No, sedimentary rock is formed from the deposition and compression of sediment such as sand, silt, and clay. Cooling magma forms igneous rock when it solidifies.
What is an example of a metamorphic rock that is formed when heated under pressure?
Slate is silt changed under pressure.
The particles in breccias are primarily silt sized?
Breccias are comprised of angular rock fragments that can range in size from pebbles to boulders. While breccias can contain silt-sized particles, their primary distinguishing characteristic is the angular nature of the rock fragments, which differentiates them from other sedimentary rocks.
How can you use silt in a sentence?
The silt compacted to form a sedimentary rock.
What does silt contain?
silt is just little pieces of rock that the water has flowed across
What does silt washed into ocean mean?
sedimentry rock
What does silt do on the banks?
Hi. Mostly if settles down and captures more silt. It can eventually become rock such as shale.
What do you call bits of rock and dirt on river bottoms?
silt
List the three types of weathered rock particles found in soil?
The three types of weathered rock particles found in soil are sand, silt, and clay. Sand particles are the largest, followed by silt, and clay particles are the smallest.
What type of rock is a stiltstone?
Siltstone is a fine-grained sedimentary rock consisting of consolidated silt.
What rock is cemented mud or clay or silt?
The rock that is cemented mud, clay, or silt is called shale. Shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock composed of compacted and hardened mud or clay particles.
Sedimentary rock is formed from?
Small particles of sand, silt, and clay
What type of sedimentary rock is formed from compressed clay and silt?
Shale
Where is natural gas usually found?
Under Sand & Silt Rock
What kind of rock is the vermilion cliff?
Deposited Silt and Desert Dunes
