Sedimentary rock 2.3 Flashcards
A couple layers horizontal layer of rock that is sometimes visible from miles away.
Stratum
Single layer of rock.
Strata
Rock forms when rock or mineral fragments called clasts are cemented together.
Clastic sedimentary rock
Rock that forms when minerals crystallize out of a solution such as sea water to form rock.
Chemical sedimentary
Rock that forms from the remains of dead animals.
Organic Sedimentary rock
Coral in huge colonies.
Reefs
skeletons of tiny organisms.
Coral
Animal remains that cement togather
FossiliFerous
The process in which sedimentary rocks that are arranged in layers.
Stratification
Motion of wind, water, waves, on lakes, oceans, rivers and Sand Dunes.
Ripple marks
Fine grained sediments at the bottom of a shallow body of water exposed to air and dry out.
Mud cracks