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| Sedimentary rock made of sand-sized grains with quartz & feldspar |
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| Single layer of sedimentary rock with a recognizable top or bottom |
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| Biochemical Sedimentary rock |
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| Fragments cemented together in a rock |
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| Phase of lithification in cement, meinerals from groundwater, that fills the spaces between clasts & attached grains. |
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| chemical Sedimentary rock |
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| Made of minerals from groundwater |
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| Cemented fragments & grains from preexisting rocks |
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| Buried & lithified rounded clasts. |
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| Lamination inclined to the main bedding; represents the slip face of a layer deposited in a current. |
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| Process od sediment settling out of transporting minerals. |
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| Physical, chemical, and biological process that transforms sediments into rock. |
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| Carbonate rock with the mineral dolomite; forms by a chemical reaction between calcite & magnesium groundwater. |
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| Process that seperated rock from its substrate & carried it away. |
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| Salt deposits from evaporation. |
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| Layers of sediment in which grain sizes vary from coarse at the botton to fine at the top. |
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| Sedimentary rock composed of calcite. |
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| Transformation of loose sediments into rock. |
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| Sedimentary rock composed of lithified mud. |
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| Consists of carbon-rich plants |
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| The seaward migration of a shoreline cause by a lowering sea level. |
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| Small, elongated ridges which form on a bed surface at right angle to the direction of the current flow. |
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| Coarse-grained sedimentary rocks made of quartz |
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| Sediment filled depression |
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| Rock that forms at or near the surface of the Earth by the cementing together of loose grains. |
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| Layering of sedimentary rocks, for surface features on layers formed during deposition, & for the arrangement of grains with layers. |
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| Very-fined grained sedimantary rock that breaks into sheets. |
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| Fine grained sedimentary rock generally composed of very small quarts grains. |
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| The degree to which the clasts in a rock are all the same size ot include a variety of sizes. |
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| Sequence of strata distinctive enough to be traced across a fairly large region. |
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| The inland migration of shoreline resulting from a rise in sea level. |
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| Rock composed of crystalline calcium carbonate formed by chemical precipitation from groundwater (hot- or cold-springs or cave walls) |
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| Moving submarine suspension of sediment. |
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