Sedimentary Rocks

Which one of the following is not a chemical sedimentary rock or evaporite?

What cement produces bright-red and yellow colors in some sandstones?

Of the following list, which common mineral found in igneous rocks is the most abundant mineral in detrital sedimentary rocks?

What is the main difference between a conglomerate and a sedimentary breccia?

Which of the following best describes bedded gypsum and halite?

What is the most common type of chemical sedimentary rock?

What is probably the single most important, original, depositional feature in sedimentary rocks?

Which of the following applies to the basic constituents of halite, gypsum, and sylvite?

What type of sandstone contains abundant feldspar?

Which of the following sedimentary features would typically be found in shales but not in sandstones?

Which of the following is a form of calcium carbonate?

What is the chemical formula for dolomite, the major mineral in dolostones?

Which of the following is not a type of limestone?

Which one of the following is not a chemical sedimentary rock or evaporite?

What percentage of the continental areas of Earth's surface is covered by sediments and sedimentary rocks?

For which of the following sediments does compaction play an important role?

Where do coal beds originate?

What characteristic is used to classify detrital sedimentary rocks?

Which of the following sedimentary rocks would you expect to have originally been deposited by fast-moving streams?

Which of the following minerals is not a common cementing agent for sandstones?

A cherty limestone would most likely contain which major constituents?

In what type of depositional environment is oolitic limestone most likely to form?

In which of the following sedimentary rocks are nonclastic textures common?

What mineral is the building block of microcrystalline flint, chert, and jasper?

Which of the following descriptions best matches a "greywacke"?