Sedimentary Rock Terms

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Across
  1. 3. Biochemical sedimetary rock)Carbon secreting organisms that precipitate of argonite or calcite to make their hard parts
  2. 4. Beds of lithified sediment
  3. 8. Term for something that splits easily in its divisions
  4. 9. A feature that reflects the trasnfer of gravel and sand by currents that flow over the sediment surface. For example wind with sand dunes
  5. 12. Coarse rock consisting of angular fragments
  6. 15. Poorly sorting of minerals and rock fragmentsd that create a clay-ish mix
  7. 17. Big word for saying that current geological processes explain all past ones
  8. 19. diagenic changes that "glue" the sediment into a rock
Down
  1. 1. The tranport of material from site of weathering
  2. 2. One of the two factors considered in the classification of sedimentary rocks
  3. 3. Process that creates sediments into rocks
  4. 5. Sedimment accumulating on top
  5. 6. What breaks into clay minerals, cations and anions after weathering?
  6. 7. Process that breaks down rocks in to smaller pieces(physicsl, biological and chemical)
  7. 10. Fine sedimentary rocks composed of mud (silt and clay minerals). Its fissile
  8. 11. Both physical and chemical changes in the process of lithification
  9. 13. Sandstone
  10. 14. An evaporite, also known as rock salt
  11. 16. Clastic rock that is larger than 2mm, that is made up of rounded clasts
  12. 18. Process where sedimentary particles become separated according to characteristics, like size or shape