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What are the layers of sandstone called?
The layers of any sedimentary rock are called strata.
Gaps in rock record?
unconformities
What is a rock made of layers that are cemented together?
Layers of sediment which have undergone lithification are called sedimentary rock.
What is sinking of rock layers called?
It is called subsidence.
What is it called when lower layers are pressed together by upper layers on a rock?
Compaction.
What are gaps in rock layers called?
Gaps in rock layers are called unconformities.
What is are missing gaps in rock layers called?
They are called uncomformities.
Gaps in rock layers that develop when agents of erosion remove existing rock layers?
Gaps in rock layers that develop when agents of erosion remove existing rock layers are known as unconformities.
What is umcomformities?
Gaps in the fossil record/ rock layers because of erosion in the soil.
What is a gap in the rock record caused by erosion?
Any gap in age of rock between rock layers is called an uncomformity. An unconformity is the contact between two layers representing a gap in the geologic record, usually from the erosion of the layers which would normally be expected to appear.
What is the sinking of rock layers?
the sinking of the rock layers is called subsidence
What is the layers of rock around a volcano called?
The layers of rock form a dome called a laccolith
What is it called when rock layers from folds or ripples?
What is it called when rock layers form folds or ripples
What is it called when the rock layers form parallel to each other?
they are called layers
What are the layers of sandstone called?
The layers of any sedimentary rock are called strata.
Gaps in rock record?
unconformities
What is layers of rock called?
sedimentary
