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What are some sedimentary rocks that are extrusive and intrusive??

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What are some sedimentary rocks that are extrusive and intrusive??

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Everyone that has answered your question is correct in pointing out that these terms are frequently applied to classes of igneous rocks, and it is likely that this is what you intended to ask about, however, there is a correct answer to your question as it is asked. There ARE extrusive and intrusive sedimentary rocks. There is nothing in the definition of extrusive and intrusive that keeps those terms from being applied to sedimentary rocks, and the AGI Dictionary of Geology confirms this, since it gives examples of sedimentary rock under the definition of intrusive. Salt is a sedimentary rock that behaves in ways that can make it both an extrusive rock and an intrusive rock. As pressure on beds of salt builds up it often creates pressure differentials that cause it to rise in what is known as a diapir, which is a body of salt rising slowly through other sediments, even consolidated shales and sandstones. In many cases it actually penetrats the surface and flattens out, becoming an ext

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