Sandstone: Rock for Crack Climbing. Sandstone is a sedimentary rock, a rock type that encompasses a wide variety of characteristics and is deposited directly on the earthâs surface. Roughly 75% of the earthâs land surface is covered with some type of sedimentary rock. Sedimentary rocks like sandstone form when minute rock particles, often from granite, are deposited by wind and water on earth surfaces.
8. 1  Other Causes. 2  Diabetes causes arms or hands and feet to fall asleep even when one is awake and relaxed. 3  Hand surgery and arthritis damage or irritate the nerves.
Twitches while falling asleep are called hypnagogic myoclonus, myoclonus being any sort of involuntary muscle spasm and hypnagogic referring to sleep. The twitches occur during very light sleep as the conscious brain gradually relinquishes control of the motor functions.