Summary:
- Most sedimentary rocks form from sediments.
- The sediments must be packed together to form a rock.
- Sedimentary rocks also form as minerals precipitate from saline water.
- Sediments are transported by water, wind, ice, or gravity.
- They are then deposited in a location.
- Avalanches produce large piles of sediment.
- The environment where the sediments are deposited determines the type of sedimentary rock that can form.
- The next concept describes the formation of a sedimentaryRock.
- The concept is described in the next concept.