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What is the lowest layer of sediment?
The lowest layer of sediment is called bedrock. Bedrock is the solid rock that lies beneath soil and sediment layers and serves as the foundation for the Earth's crust. It is typically composed of igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary rock that has not been significantly weathered or eroded.
What is a flat deposit of rock?
A flat deposit of rock is known as a geological formation called a "stratum." Strata are horizontal layers of rock in the Earth's crust that have distinct characteristics due to the different periods in which the rock layers formed. These layers provide important information about the Earth's history and can help geologists understand past environments.
Where does limestone form in the Earth's crust?
Limestone forms in the Earth's crust through the accumulation and lithification of calcium carbonate sediment, often from the remains of marine organisms like coral and shells. It commonly occurs in environments such as shallow seas, lagoons, and coral reefs where these organisms flourish and deposit their calcareous material.
What are the different layer of the lithosphere?
The lithosphere is divided into two layers: the crust and the upper part of the mantle. The crust includes the Earth's outermost layer that is divided into continental and oceanic crust. The upper part of the mantle beneath the crust is known as the asthenosphere.
What layer is the thinnest of the earth?
The thinnest layer of Earth is the Lithosphere, also commonly called the crust.
How did glaciers help form the earth's crust?
glaciers didnt help in formation of earth crust! if you mean how DO they then i would say that they create valleys or craters with their weight and deposit fresh sediments while frozen and also when they melt.
Folded sedimentary rock layers are usually caused by?
the process of lithification, where layers of sediment are compressed and cemented together over time. This can result in the formation of sedimentary rock layers that are folded due to tectonic forces acting on the Earth's crust.
What is the breakdown of the earths crust into sediment?
weathering
What are the two layers of the continental crust called?
The 2 layers of the continental crust are oceanic crust and the land crust
How are sedimentary rocks are made?
Sedimentary rocks are made by the majority of the crust are covered by a thin veneer of loose sediment, and the rock which is made as layers of this debris get compacted and cemented together.
What is located on top of the oceanic crust?
Oceanic crust is part of the crust or lithosphere, depending on how you name the layers.
What are the layers of the earthes crust?
the crust is a single layer
