sedimentary rock

1. Rock that has formed through the deposition and solidification of sediment, especially sediment transported by water (rivers, lakes, and oceans), ice ( glaciers ), and wind. Sedimentary rocks are often deposited in layers, and frequently contain fossils .

Notes

Limestone and shale are common sedimentary rocks.

Example Sentences

He and his family live in Colorado on top of a geological feature known as the Morrison Formation, a stretch of sedimentary rock dating back to the Jurassic period which covers 600,000 square miles of the western United States.

From BBC

A research team at Tsinghua University in China also calls plastistone “an emerging type of sedimentary rock.”

From Slate

The study focuses on 15 middle-Devonian sedimentary rock samples from the Appalachian basin in the U.S.

From Science Daily

The Nanushuk Formation is an outcropped layer of sedimentary rock 800 to 5,000 feet thick across the central and western North Slope.

From Science Daily

Companies drill wells for the gas and, in many cases, shoot water and chemicals into the sedimentary rock to force methane up to the surface where they collect it and pipe it to refineries.

From Seattle Times