Strata (singular = stratum).
Visible layers or bands in metamorphic rock is designated as 'foliation' and the rock is said to be 'foliated'.
It could be a sedimentary rock or a foliated metamorphic rock exhibiting alternating bands of light and dark minerals.
The layers of any sedimentary rock are called strata.
Layers of sediment which have undergone lithification are called sedimentary rock.
It is called subsidence.
Visible layers or bands in metamorphic rock is designated as 'foliation' and the rock is said to be 'foliated'.
foliated rock
Yes. This metamorphic rock can be made from granite; wavy bands of dark and light layers.
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A rock with minerals aligned into bands or layers.
It could be a sedimentary rock or a foliated metamorphic rock exhibiting alternating bands of light and dark minerals.
It could be a sedimentary rock or a foliated metamorphic rock exhibiting alternating bands of light and dark minerals.
Gaps in rock layers are called unconformities.
the sinking of the rock layers is called subsidence
The layers of rock form a dome called a laccolith
What is it called when rock layers form folds or ripples
Slate is a foliated (displaying layers or banding) metamorphic rock, and its parent rock was shale or mudstone. Marble is a non-foliated metamorphic rock (no layers or bands) and its parent rock was limestone.