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Rock strata may be what?
Tilted at steep angles and horizontal or slightly tilted.
What rock formed in layers?
sedimentary rock
What are sills?
Magma that cuts parallel through rocks or rock walls
What is a slab of volcanic rock formed when magma squeezes between layers of rock?
A sill (assuming you are talking about horizontal layers of rock)
When rock is weathered and later pressed into layers what kind of rock is formed?
sedimentary
Rock strata may be what?
Tilted at steep angles and horizontal or slightly tilted.
What name is given to layers of tilted rocks that are overlain by younger more flat- lying rock layers?
angular unconformity is the answer because it is tilted
What rocks is formed in layers?
Sedimentary rock, like limestone, is formed in layers.
What is the process by which layers of sedimentary rock are formed?
The process by which layers of sedimentary rock are formed is called strata.
How do layers in sedimentry rocks form?
The land where the rock was formed was underwater when the rock was formed. Over the years layers of Sediment sank to the bottom. Pressure formed the sediments into rock.
What rock formed in layers?
sedimentary rock
What are sills?
Magma that cuts parallel through rocks or rock walls
What name is given to layers of tilted rocks that are overlain by younger more flat lying rock layers?
angular unconformity
What is isA rock formed in layers such as sand stone?
in is a sedimentray rock
What is a slab of volcanic rock formed when magma squeezes between layers of rock?
A sill (assuming you are talking about horizontal layers of rock)
When sediment is deposited in layers what rock is formed?
sedimentary
Rock layers cut by a fault formed?
after the fault
