sedimentary rock
Example Sentences
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For centuries, Lake Maracaibo’s environs were known for natural seepage of oil rising to the surface from sedimentary rock, a phenomenon also seen in sites like Los Angeles’ La Brea Tar Pits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026
Shale is, after all, the most common sedimentary rock and found all over the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
This basin is filled with kilometers of looser sedimentary rock which make seismic ground shaking stronger, and the new data can help scientists make more accurate models of future ground shaking in the area.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024
But which sedimentary rock is that metamorphic rock derived from, hmm?
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2024
From these data we see the glacial action was prior to the sedimentary rock here, and had spent its force when elevation of coast range occurred.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 by Various
