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adjectiveproduced by the action of water
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"sedimentary deposits"resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of sediment
Definition that contains sedimentary
- bed (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)
- limestone a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals
- sill (geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock
- sandstone a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.)
- superposition (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest
- shale a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay
- stratum one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)
- dolomite a kind of sedimentary rock resembling marble or limestone but rich in magnesium carbonate
- argillite a sedimentary rock differing from shale in being bound by silica and from slate in having no slate cleavages
- argillaceous rock a sedimentary rock formed from clay deposits