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What is the name of the bottom rock layer?
The bottom layer of a sedimentary rock is called the basal layer. This layer is considered the coarsest in the rock.
When a rock is sinking in the water what dense does it have?
the rock has greater density than the water
What layer of the earth is the solid rock layer?
The lithosphere is the physical layer of hard brittle rock. The remainder of the mantle that is not contained in the lithosphere is the layer of ductile rock.
What is rock layers?
rock layering is where you have one layer of old rock them a newer layer then an other newer layer.
What is a layer of sedimentary?
a layer of rock
When a layer or several layers of rock are missing from a rock layer is a what?
disconformitiesangular unconformitiesnonconformities
What is the name for the bottom oldest layer of rock?
The bottom layer of rock in a geologic sequence is usually called the basement layer.
Is the lifting of depressed rock by magma under the surface and is the sinking of heavy rock into the?
Uplifting, Subsidence
Superposition can best be explained new layer on old layer?
Superposition is the theory that the rock layer that is on top is the youngest and the layer of rock on the bottom is the oldest.
What feature is formed when a sedimentary rock layer overlies a nonsedimentary rock layer?
Unconformity
Upwarding-arching rock layer?
An upwards arching layer of rock is known as an anticline.
What is layer is partly weathered rock?
The layer that is partly weathered rock is called the saprolite layer. This layer is between the unaltered rock below and the soil layer above. Through weathering processes, the saprolite becomes broken down and forms the basis for soil formation.
