Transcript 2 Sedimentary Rocks

Rock Classification
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Weathering and Erosion
Burns
Boulders
Cobbles
Pebbles
Sand
Sizes of
different
Sediments
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Sedimentary Rock
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Monominerallic
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Picture
of the Morton Salt
mine based in Grand Saline,
Texas
Polyminerallic
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Special Characteristics
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Where do you think we can find the
names of sedimentary rocks?
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ESRT pg7
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Mixed
Rounded
Fragments??
Conglomerate
Angular Fragments??
Breccia
Deep Springs Lake, eastern California. As the lake dries, it leaves behind evaporites.
Salt mining on Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah.
Organically
Formed
Pressure
Map Symbols
Niagara Falls
Niagara Glen,
Old Falls,
Canada
Burns
Time to Review
Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
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Evaporites: Chemically formed
Sedimentary Rocks
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Bioclastic Sedimentary Rocks
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Bioclastic:
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Bio = life
Clastic = fragments
Final Question:
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Which sedimentary rock is composed of a
single element?