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What sedimentary rock does granite turn into?
Granite is an igneous rock formed from the cooling of molten magma. It does not directly turn into a sedimentary rock through metamorphism. Instead, it can be weathered and eroded to form sediment, which may then become sedimentary rock through compaction and cementation processes.
Which of the following forms when rocks are weathered and eroded?
Sedimentary rock
What will happen if more of a rock's surface is exposed?
More of it will be weathered and eroded.
What is an intrusive igneous rock which is crushed into sand?
An intrusive igneous rock that has been crushed into sand is commonly known as "granite sand." Granite is a common intrusive rock type that forms from the slow cooling of magma below the Earth's surface. When granite is weathered and eroded over time, it can break down into smaller particles, including sand.
How can the granite of a mountain change first into sandstone and then into quartize?
The Granite mountain becomes weathered and eroded by surface processes and the debris is carried off and separated into its sandy components by water flowing in rivers. The sandy sediments pile up and become buried by more sediments and as this happens they fuse together to form a new sandstone rock. Should this new rock become involved in a continental collision that heats up and squashes the sandstone rock this will metamorphose into a quartzite.
What sedimentary rock does granite turn into?
Granite is an igneous rock formed from the cooling of molten magma. It does not directly turn into a sedimentary rock through metamorphism. Instead, it can be weathered and eroded to form sediment, which may then become sedimentary rock through compaction and cementation processes.
What must happen to an igneous rock before it can become a sedimentary or metamorphic rock?
To become a sedimentary rock, an igneous rock must first be weathered, and then eroded, and then deposited as a sediment, and then consolidated (e.g. by cementation or pressure welding of grains.) To become a metamorphic rock it must be transformed by heat and pressure, which it can do directly (e.g. granite turning into gneiss) or after first turning into a sedimentary rock.
When a rock is weathered or eroded it becomes what kind of rocks?
When a rock is weathered or eroded, it can become sedimentary rock. This process involves the breakdown and transportation of rock particles, which then accumulate and eventually form sedimentary rocks through processes like compaction and cementation.
What rock is weathered and eroded by waves?
Any rock outcropping at a shoreline.
What would have to happen to granite for it to become a sedimentary rock?
It would have to be weathered & the fragments cemented together.
Which of the following forms when rocks are weathered and eroded?
Sedimentary rock
How can a sedimentary rock change into another sedimentary rock F.T.W.?
It can change when it is eroded and weathered.
What will happen if more of a rock's surface is exposed?
More of it will be weathered and eroded.
What is an intrusive igneous rock which is crushed into sand?
An intrusive igneous rock that has been crushed into sand is commonly known as "granite sand." Granite is a common intrusive rock type that forms from the slow cooling of magma below the Earth's surface. When granite is weathered and eroded over time, it can break down into smaller particles, including sand.
What must happen for the quarts to separate from the granite rock and become sediments?
The granite has to be weathered, and then the resulting material has to be eroded and subjected to a process that sorts the quartz grains from the other minerals in the granite. Quartz grains tend to be harder than other clasts in weathered granite, so they tend to remain intact while mica and feldspar are reduced to a fine clay. The quartz sand may then settle out of water where the clay does not, or be left behind when the clay blows away in the wind.
How do rocks become sedimentary?
When sedimentary rock is weathered in nature by chemical or mechanical means, the particles that are produced can be eroded and deposited, becoming sediments.
Can an igneous rock be changed?
Yes, igneous rocks can be metamorphosed or weathered and eroded.
