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What is an igneous intrusion between two sedimentary rock layers?
A laccolith is an igneous formation between two sedimentary layers
Why can only sedimentary rocks contain in tact fossils?
Sedimentary rocks form three horizontal layers: strata, singular and stratum. The organisms that fall into the sedimentary rocks, will then be fossilized in each layer.
Is cross-beds a sedimentary structure?
Cross-beds are horizontal units that are internally comprised of inclined layers. It is a sedimentary structure that forms during deposition on the inclined surfaces of bedforms.
What type of surface bedrock is most commonly found in New York tug hill plateau region?
Horizontal sedimentary rock layers.
Why does sedimentary rock form in horizontal layers?
Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the deposit of material at the Earth's surface and within bodies of water. The horizontal layering happens because it has forms with the passing of time over thousands if not millions of years.
The surface feature that is produced when horizontal layers of sedimentary rock rise without being folded is a?
plateau
How does Wegener's hypothesis explain why earth's surface must be moving?
These layers of sedimentary rock were once horizontal. Then crustal movement folded and tilted them.
Do sedimentary rock layers always stay horizontal?
No. It is not uncommon for the layers to be shifted out of a horizontal position.
What is horizontal bedding?
horizontal bedding is sedimentary rock structure in which layers of rocks lies horizontally.
Folded sedimentary rock layers are usually caused by?
crustal movement occurring after deposition
Landforms formed when horizontal rock layers are squeezed together and buckle?
folded mountains
What landforms formed when horizontal rock layers are squeezed together and buckle?
folded mountains
What is an igneous intrusion between two sedimentary rock layers?
A laccolith is an igneous formation between two sedimentary layers
What landform is formed when horizontal rock layers are sqeezed together and buckle?
Folded mountains are formed this way.
What is a horizontal intrusive igneous body that forms between sedimentary rock layers?
An vertical intrusion of magma in a pre-existing rock formation is known as a dike.
Why can only sedimentary rocks contain in tact fossils?
Sedimentary rocks form three horizontal layers: strata, singular and stratum. The organisms that fall into the sedimentary rocks, will then be fossilized in each layer.
Why portions of the sedimentary rock layers have the symbol for contact metamorphism?
the rock layers were eroded at the interface between the igneous intrusion and the sedimentary rocks.
