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Definition of Sedimentary rock

1. Noun. Rock formed from consolidated clay sediments.

Definition of Sedimentary rock

1. 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 ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sedimentary Rock

Literary usage of Sedimentary rock

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of the National Parks by Robert Sterling Yard (1919)
"Zion National Monument is carved from sedimentary rock; also several distinguished reservations in our southwest which conserve natural bridges and ..."

2. Elements of Geology by Charles Lyell (1839)
"... masses—From what kinds of sedimentary rock each variety of the metamorphic class may be derived—Certain objections to the metamorphic theory considered. ..."

3. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"... what kinds of sedimentary rock each variety of the metamorphic class may be derived—Certain objections to the metamorphic theory considered —• Partial ..."

4. A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Sir Charles Lyell (1853)
"... nature of plutonio action—Time may enable this action to pervade denser masses—From what kinds of sedimentary rock each variety of the metamorphic class ..."

5. A Manual of Elementary Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1852)
"... pervade denser masses— 1'rom what kinds of sedimentary rock each variety of the metamorphic class may be derived — Certain objections to the metamorphic ..."

6. A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1854)
"... nature of plutonic action—Time may enable this action to pervade denser masses—From what kinds of sedimentary rock each variety of the metamorphic class ..."

7. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1854)
"... according to Eschwege, forms a system of strata in Brazil, in some parts more than 100 miles in length, is a sedimentary rock. ..."

8. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1854)
"... according to Eschwege, forms a system of strata in Brazil, in some parts more than 100 miles in length, is a sedimentary rock. ..."

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