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Sedimentary rocks are
types of rock that are
formed by the ac****ulation or
deposition of sediments, ie.
mineral or
organic particles, at Earth's surface...
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Sedimentary basins are region-scale
depressions of the Earth's
crust where subsidence has
occurred and a
thick sequence of
sediments have ac****ulated...
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Shale is a fine-grained,
clastic sedimentary rock
formed from mud that is a mix of
flakes of clay
minerals (hydrous
aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g., kaolin...
- sedimentation; if buried, they may
eventually become sandstone and
siltstone (
sedimentary rocks)
through lithification.
Sediments are most
often transported by...
- they form.
Petrology has
three subdivisions: igneous, metamorphic, and
sedimentary petrology.
Igneous and
metamorphic petrology are
commonly taught together...
- The
Society for
Sedimentary Geology is an
international not-for-profit,
scientific society based in the US
state of Oklahoma. It is
commonly referred...
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refer to
sedimentary rocks and
particles in
sediment transport,
whether in
suspension or as bed load, and in
sediment deposits.
Clastic sedimentary rocks...
- In geology,
depositional environment or
sedimentary environment describes the
combination of physical, chemical, and
biological processes ****ociated with...
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Sedimentary structures include all
kinds of
features in
sediments and
sedimentary rocks,
formed at the time of deposition.
Sediments and
sedimentary rocks...
- part of the
Colorado Plateau, but
others do not. The
mostly flat-lying
sedimentary rock
units that make up
these plateaus are
found in
component plateaus...
