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What do you call the layers in sedimentary rock?

Sedimentary rock layers. your welcome


What rocks is formed in layers?

Sedimentary rock, like limestone, is formed in layers.


What rock formed in layers?

sedimentary rock


What type of rock forms in layers?

That would be sedimentary rock, and (honorable mention) occasionally metamorphic rock.


How can igneous rock disturb sedimentary rock layers?

Igneous rocks can disturb sedimentary rock layers and formations by their movement during ascent through such layer. when they make contact with this sedimentary rocks they could result to folding and/or metamorphism.


What is layers of rock called?

sedimentary


Which rock has several layers?

Sedimentary


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.


Why was sedimentary rock named sedimentary rock?

Because the rocks are formed by using layers of Sediment.


How do sedimentary rock layers provide clues to a fossil age?

because fossils are in sedimentary rock


What do Geologists use radiometric dating to date sedimentary rock?

Geologists use radiometric dating of volcanic ash layers within sedimentary rock to determine the age of the sedimentary rock. By dating the igneous rock layers above and below the sedimentary rock, geologists can establish a bracket of time within which the sedimentary rock was deposited.


What is the called in which sedimentary rock rock are arranged in layers?

stratification