HW#14: Sedimentary Rocks

Instructions: Answer the questions below using one to five sentences.

7. Outline the successive stages in the formation of coal.

8. List three common cements. How might each be identified?

9. What is the primary basis for distinguishing (naming) different chemical sedimentary rocks? How is the naming of detrital rocks different?

10. Distinguish between clastic and nonclastic textures. Which texture is associated with all detrital rocks?

11. What are the three broad categories of sedimentary environments? List a specific example associated with each category (see Figure 7.23).

12. What is the single most characteristic feature of sedimentary rocks?