What occurs when transported sediments are deposited on the ground or sink to the bottom of a body of water?

What occurs when transported sediments are deposited on the ground or sink to the bottom of a body of water?

Deposition (3) • Deposition occurs when transported sediments are deposited on land or sink to the bottom of a body of water, forming layers with the largest, most dense grains at the bottom. These conditions cause lithification, the physical and chemical processes that transform sediments into sedimentary rocks.

What type of bedding has the heaviest and coarsest or biggest sediments on the bottom?

Bedding in which the particle sizes become progressively heavier and coarser towards the bottom layers is called graded bedding. Graded bedding is often observed in marine sedimentary rocks that were deposited by underwater landslides.

How did rock a most likely get the rounded rock fragments?

How did Rock A most likely get the rounded rock fragments? The rock fragments were smoothed while being carried by wind. The weight of the layers they were buried in smoothed the rock fragments.

Are sediment materials transported during erosion?

Sediment moves from one place to another through the process of erosion. Erosion is the removal and transportation of rock or soil. Erosion can move sediment through water, ice, or wind.

What determines if a stream will erode transport and deposit sediment?

Water Flow. Whether sediment will be eroded, transported or deposited is depended on the particle size and the flow rate of the water. Without flow, sediment might remain suspended or settle out – but it will not move downstream.

What process transforms sediment into solid sedimentary rock?

Once particles have been transported to a new area, they must be transformed from a collection of loose sediment into new, solid rock. This process is called lithification (“lith” means stone). Lithification is a combination of two processes: compaction and cementation.

What process breaks solid rock into smaller pieces?

Weathering is the process that changes solid rock into sediments. With weathering, rock is disintegrated. It breaks into pieces. Once these sediments are separated from the rocks, erosion is the process that moves the sediments.

Are materials that are transported due to erosion?

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This transported material is called sediment. Physical erosion describes the process of rocks changing their physical properties without changing their basic chemical composition. Physical erosion often causes rocks to get smaller or smoother. Rocks eroded through physical erosion often form clastic sediments.