Sedimentary-rock Definition

noun

(geology) One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the deposition of either the weathered remains of other rocks, the results of biological activity, or precipitation from solution.

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Noun

Singular:
sedimentary-rock
Plural:
sedimentary-rocks

Sedimentary-rock Sentence Examples

  • The bedrock of the district consists of some of the oldest sedimentary rock of the district consists of some of the oldest sedimentary rock exposed in the British Isles.

  • The bedrock of the district consists of some of the oldest sedimentary rock exposed in the British Isles.

  • The Alleghany Plateau is the north-westernmost division of the Appalachian system; it is an eroded mass of sedimentary rock sloping north-westward to the Prairie and Lake Plains and reaching south-west from the south-western part of New York state through Tennessee and into Alabama.

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