Earth Science A - NW 5

Conglomerate

Breccia

Sandstone

Shale

Limestone

Dolostone

Organic Limestone

Fossiliferous limestone

Organic or Fossiliferous Limestone

Organic

Limestone and Dolostone

Chemical

Conglomerate, Breccia, Sandstone, Shale

Clastic

Three kinds of sedimentary rocks

Clastic, Chemical, Organic

Define clastic

most common, made from pieces of other rocks.

Define Chemical

Formed by evaporation, Derived by chemicals naturally precipitated from the water.

Define Organic

Made from remains of marine animals that died, settled to the bottom of the ocean, and were buried and cemented together.

Order of clastic rocks based off highest eergy environment to lowest.

Conglomerate, Breccia, Sandstone, Shale

Round sediment, very fast moving waters

Conglomerate

Angular clasts, fast moving water

Breccia

Visible layering, Calmest water

Shale

Shale