sedimentary

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Shale is, after all, the most common sedimentary rock and found all over the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

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.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025

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.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2024

But sneaking throughout the sedimentary layers like a nest of snakes are the slippery bands that are responsible for a good bit of what’s falling away: volcanic ash.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024

In the event, the sedimentary layer was 50 percent deeper than expected and the basaltic layer was never found at all.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson