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What effect has granite had upon the sedimentary strata.
Stratification the layering that occurs in most sedimentary rocks and in those igneous rocks formed at the earth s surface as from lava flows and volcanic fragmental deposits.
Sedimentary rocks are formed from pre existing rocks or pieces of once living organisms.
They form from deposits that accumulate on the earth s surface.
In other words the researchers discovered a strange 85 million year gap in the geological record.
The conclusions drawn from the sedimentation experiments presented on the video drama in the rocks are reiterated and defended.
It had none of the mud clay ooze or manganese nodules that cover the rest of the deepest sea.
Tilted strata lie below the unconformity and bedding in younger strata above is parallel to the unconformity.
After much study you determine that there is a considerable span of time for which no sedimentary rock layer exists at this site.
The experiments invalidate the identification of superposed rock strata with successive sedimentary layers and thus also the principles of superposition and continuity upon which the geological time scale was founded.
Assume that you have just examined several flat lying sedimentary layers.
Also notice that the bedding of the sedimentary layers has been disturbed near the contact.
Above these old rocks lie layer upon layer of sedimentary rock each telling a unique part of the environmental history of the grand canyon region.
While it is possible for layering to form in other rocks it is the singular.
Sedimentary rocks often have distinctive layering or bedding.
The layers range from several millimetres to many metres in thickness and vary greatly in shape.
Strata may range from.
This was not freshly made rock either but oceanic crustal basalt that was 34 to 85 million years old.
Both these observations indicate the granite had the constituency of a hot magma that flowed as it forced its way up and into the host sedimentary strata rather than being a cold solid body that was tectonically emplaced.
Sedimentary structures are the larger generally three dimensional physical features of sedimentary rocks.
They are best seen in outcrop or in large hand specimens rather than through a microscope.
Sedimentary rock sedimentary rock sedimentary structures.
Sedimentary strata can even be found atop mountain ranges where rock layers have been lifted thousands of feet.
Many of the picturesque views of the desert southwest show mesas and arches made of layered sedimentary rock common sedimentary rocks.
