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