Sedimentary
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- 4. formed from organic processes that involve living organisms producing the sediments.
- 6. is a terrestrial sedimentary rock, formed by the precipitation of carbonate minerals from solution in ground and surface waters.
- 7. is a clastic sedimentary rock that formed from grains whose sized between that of sandstone and mudstone.
- 10. a soft limestone of broken shells, used in road-making in the Caribbean and Florida.
- 11. is a hard rock which can be burned as a solid fossil fuel.
- 12. any of a variety of individual minerals found in the sedimentary deposit of soluble salts
- 14. the process in which sediments compact under pressure, expel connate fluids, and gradually become solid rock.
- 15. is a sedimentary rock composed of sand-size grains of mineral, rock, or organic material.
- 16. rock consisting of angular fragments cemented together.
- 18. are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of small particles and subsequent cementation of mineral or organic particles on the floor of oceans or other bodies of water at the Earth's surface.
- 19. forms when mineral constituents in solution become supersaturated and inorganically precipitate.
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- 1. a carbonate sedimentary rock that is often composed of the skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, foraminifera, and molluscs.
- 2. matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs.
- 3. a coarse-grained sedimentary rock composed of rounded fragments (> 2 mm) within a matrix of finer grained material.
- 5. The particles themselves may have derived from either physical weathering or chemical weathering. Sedimentation means settling from a fluid, either water or air.
- 8. finely stratified sedimentary rock that formed from consolidated mud or clay and can be split easily into fragile slabs.
- 9. the exertion of force on something so that it becomes more dense.
- 13. the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
- 15. a layer of sedimentary rock or soil, or igneous rock that was formed at the Earth's surface.
- 17. the binding together of particles or other things by cement.