types of sedimentary rocks
recognizing metamorphic rocks
formation of sedimentary rocks
Metmorphic rocks
100
The word that comes from the Greek word 'Klastos", meaning broken
What is Clastic?
100
With high pressure and heat.
How to rocks melt and form magma?
100
sediments
What are broken fragments and pieces of rocks, caused by weathering called?
100
Greek word 'meta', meaning change and morphe, and form
What is metamorphism men
200
Conglomerates are rounded ,gravel sized particles. Relatively large in mass.
What are coarse-grained rocks?
200
gniesse
Which term best describes this rocks texture?
200
Erosion
What is the removal and transport of sediment?
200
Regional metamorphism,contact metamorphism, and hydrothermal metamorphism
What are the different types of metamorphism
300
Sandstone and other sedimentary rock fragments.
What are Medium-sized rocks?
300
nonfoliated
what metamorphic rocks are formed by blocky crystals?
300
Lithification
What is the physical and chemical processes that transform sedimentary rocks.
400
Halite
What is an example of evaporites?
400
Cementation
what occurs when mineral growth glues sediment grains together into solid rocks?
500
Limestone
What is often a biochemical rock containing fossils?