Triassic Water

Glossary

Sedimentary rock

Sedimentary rock is made of tiny bits that water or wind carried along and dropped, piling up in layers.

What the glossary says

Sedimentary — “formed from particles that were transported by water or wind and deposited in layers”

U.S. Geological Survey, “Glossary of Geologic and Architectural Terms”. Quoted word for word. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey.

Thin tilted layers of grey and rust-brown sedimentary rock filling the frame, with cracks across them.
Real photographLayer on layer of sedimentary rock. Each band was once loose sand or mud on a sea floor or river bed; reading the layers is how geologists read time.Tatiana Diuvbanova/Shutterstock.com · Shutterstock Standard License · Licence record

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Sources

The definition
U.S. Geological Survey, “Glossary of Geologic and Architectural Terms”, dated 07.21.97 on the page itself, https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/acidrain/glossary.html, read . A work of the U.S. Government, in the public domain. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey.
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