E.3.2.3 Sedimentary Rocks

These rocks are formed from either solutions or sediments from older rocks that have been weathered, eroded, deposited, compressed and cemented together.

• Igneous Rocks
• Sedimentary Rocks
• Metamorphic Rocks
• Minerals

The process of breaking down rock either physically (mechanically) or chemically into smaller pieces.

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Compaction
• Cementation

The movement or carrying away of sediment by wind, water, ice or gravity.

• Erosion
• Weathering
• Deposition
• Compaction

The process of sediment coming to rest as gravity pulls down on sediments in a slower moving stream of water or wind.

• Deposition
• Compaction
• Cementation
• Erosion

Weight from the layers of sediment press layers of rock together forming layers in the rock.

• Compaction
• Deposition
• Cementation
• Weathering

Dissolved minerals crystalize and glue rock particles or sediments together.

• Cementation
• Compaction
• Weathering
• Deposition

Rocks formed from sediments that are weathered, eroded, deposited, compacted and cemented together.  They form layers and are classified by the size of the sediment.

• Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
• Chemical Sedimentary Rocks
• Organic Sedimentary Rocks

Form when water containing dissolved minerals evaporates, leaving concentrated minerals that precipitate and crystallize.

• Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
• Chemical Sedimentary Rocks
• Organic Sedimentary Rocks

Form from the remains or fossiles of once living organisms or plants.

• Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
• Chemical Sedimentary Rocks
• Organic Sedimentary Rocks

Form from the remains or fossils of once living organisms or plants.

• Clastic Sedimentary Rock
• Chemical Sedimentary Rock
• Organic Sedimentary Rock