sedimentary rock

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These teeth commonly appear in sedimentary rocks alongside the bones and teeth of fishes and the giant marine reptiles that dominated many prehistoric ocean ecosystems.

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Imprinted in sediments or sedimentary rock, they record a specific moment of activity and confirm the exact location where an individual stood or moved.

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Collisions between tectonic plates buried these sedimentary rocks deep in the Earth's crust where radiogenic heat released by the shale triggered melting of the lower crust.

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The study focuses on 15 middle-Devonian sedimentary rock samples from the Appalachian basin in the U.S.

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But Colorado's High Plains, which are dominated by sedimentary rocks, aren't crumpled at all.

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