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When seas or lakes evaporate, a type of sedimentary rock called evaporite forms. Evaporites are created through the precipitation of minerals as water evaporates, leaving behind salts and other minerals. Common examples of evaporite rocks include rock salt (halite) and gypsum. These rocks often indicate past environments where significant evaporation occurred.
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Why is a sedimentary rock called a sedimentary rock?
Because it was originally a sediment, such as sand or mud, but was then lithified into a rock.
Why must water evaporate or be pressed out for sedimentary rock form?
The expulsion of fluids which occupy the pore spaces in sediments gives way to the precipitation of solid minerals which bind the sedimentary particles together into rock.
Rocks formed from weathered debris from preexisisting rocks are called?
They are called clastic sedimentary rocks.
What is sedimentary rock called composed of older fragments of rock?
Sedimentary rock composed of older fragments of rock is called a conglomerate. This type of rock forms when pebbles and small stones are cemented together.
What is rock formed from particles that have fallen to the bottom of a lake or ocean?
sediment builds up on the bottom of a lake of ocean and forms rocks or landforms
What is the type of sedimentary rock that forms by precipitation of minerals out of water?
Halite and Gypsum, they are called Evaporites and are both rocks and minerals
What type of sedimentary rock would form in an evaporating desert lake?
Chemical (or non-clastic) sedimentary rock.
Type of rockformed from sediments called?
A rock formed for sedimentary deposits is called a sedimentary rock. A sedimentary rock which has then undergone metamorphism is called a meta-sediment.
Is organic rock a type of sedimentary rock?
ORGANIC SEDIMENTARY ROCK`s : Is a type of sedimentary rock because sedimentary rock has three types of sedimentary rock called clastic , chemical , and organic sedimentary rock so yes ORGANIC SEDIMENTARY ROCK is a type of sedimentary rock..........................................
What changes are involved when mud from a lake bottom turns into a sedimentary rock then into a metamorphic rock?
When mud from a lake bottom turns into a sedimentary rock, it undergoes compaction and cementation. To transform into a metamorphic rock, the sedimentary rock experiences heat and pressure deep within the Earth's crust, causing recrystallization and mineral changes. This process alters the sedimentary rock's original texture, structure, and mineral composition.
What is a rock that forms when sediments are cemented or compacted together?
It is called sedimentary rock.
Why is a sedimentary rock called a sedimentary rock?
Because it was originally a sediment, such as sand or mud, but was then lithified into a rock.
Sedimentary rock formed from sand?
Sedimentary rock formed from sand is called sandstone.
What sedimentary rock an evaporate used to make plaster?
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What is rock called that is formed from bits of rocky material that settles to the bottom of rivers lakes and oceans?
Clastic sedimentary rock is sedimentary rock that is formed from rock particles.
Why must water evaporate or be pressed out for sedimentary rock form?
The expulsion of fluids which occupy the pore spaces in sediments gives way to the precipitation of solid minerals which bind the sedimentary particles together into rock.
What is layers of rock called?
sedimentary
