#2. Organic sedimentary rocks like some limestones and coal are formed largely from the remains of once living organisms. Chalk and fossiliferous limestones are formed from the skeletons of marine organisms. Coal is formed from vegetation that previously existed in swampy and marshy waterlogged soils which prevented their full decay after their death. As their remains piled up and were covered by more and more deposits, they gradually underwent compaction and cementation as described in #1. above.
#3. Sedimentary rocks can also form when minerals in a body of water have so saturated the water that they precipitate out, like a cloud that is so full of moisture that it pours out rain. Some limestones are formed in this manner as the mineral calcite precipitates out of a saturated solution and undergoes the process of compaction and cementation. The supersaturated solutions can also be caused by evaporation of a body of water high in mineral content. As the water evaporates, the mineral percentage of the remaining solution becomes higher and higher, until the mineral crystallizes. Rocks such as rock salt and rock gypsum are formed in this manner. Sedimentation from precipitation and evaporation form rocks called chemical sedimentary rocks.
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For thousands, even millions of years, little pieces of our earth have been eroded--broken down and worn away
by wind and water. These little bits of our earth are washed downstream where they settle to the bottom of the rivers, lakes, and oceans. Layer after layer of eroded earth is deposited on top of each. These layers are pressed down more and more through time, until the bottom layers slowly turn into rock.
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False Sedimetary rocks can be formed from changes in igneous rock, and igneous rock can be from changes in sedimentary rock.
None. Basalt is formed by the rapid cooling of mafic (silica-poor) magma. It is not formed from sedimentary rock.
sedimentary
Yes it can, a sedimentary rock goes through heat and pressure and is formed into a metamorphic rock.
Formed by Sedimentary and Igneous rock,and even other types of Metamphic rock.
Mechanically formed sedimentary rock , Chemically formed sedimentary rock and Organically formed sedimentary rock.
Physically/mechanically formed sedimentary rock, organically/biologically formed sedimentary rock, and chemically formed sedimentary rock.
Sedimentary rock formed from sand is called sandstone.
Sedimentary rock can be formed from lithified sediments.
sedimentary rock
Sedimentary rock.
Sedimentary rock, like limestone, is formed in layers.
sedimentary rock.
sedimentary rock is formed by the rock cycle
Clastic sedimentary rock is the usual type of rock formed from the products of rock weathering.
False Sedimetary rocks can be formed from changes in igneous rock, and igneous rock can be from changes in sedimentary rock.
Sandstone is the sedimentary rock formed from weathered rock.