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Different Sedimentary Rocks
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Sedimentary rocks are the result of erosion, deposition, and cementation of various types of rock and rock particles. Igneous rock is the result of solidification of molten material. Metamorphic rocks are the result of temperature and/or pr...
Sedimentary rocks are formed when sediment is deposited out of air, ice, wind, gravity, or water flows carrying the particles in suspension. This sediment often formed when weathering and erosion break down a rock into loose material in a s...
Well, a brief answer, and read to learn... Sedimentary rocks can be categorized into three groups based on sediment type. Most sedimentary rocks are formed by the lithification (turned to solid rock) of weathered rock debris that has been p...
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Weather has everthing to do with sediment deposition. During periods of low winds and relatively ...
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Sedimentary rocks have beds/strata. They are made from decomposed materials of other rocks. Plus they they have 3 forms: clastic = compacted or cemented rock particles (consolidated); percipitated = dissolved minerals deposited as H2O (wate...
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Coal is another common organic rock. Coal comes from the carbon compounds of plants growing in swampy environments ..more?
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The metamorphic processes of heat and pressure can alter the parent rock (sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic) chemically or structurally into a form of rock that can only be created under certain conditions. Metamorphic rocks are not created...
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Metamorphic rocks are caused by heat and are melted into another rock, igneous. Igneous are formed from volcanic eruptions and can usually fall into waters, sedimentary. Sedimentary rocks are sediments of any of these rocks (metamorphic, ig...
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Igneous rocks can be considered "new" rocks because they were created by upwelling magma. Granite is a common igneous rock. Sedimentary rocks can also be considered "new" rocks because they are built from sediments depos...
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Types of sedimentary textures include clastic, bioclastic, crystalline, amorphous, and oolitic . To see further definition of these textures click on them so you can be redirected to the glossary.
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