Sedimentary rocks include common types such as chalk, limestone, sandstone, clay and shale. Sedimentary rocks cover 75% of the Earth's surface.

Sedimentary rocks are the "recyclers" of the rock cycle, they take any other rock and turn it into a new one. Antelope Canyon in Arizona is carved from sandstone, a sedimentary rock.

Nothing so defines and characterises the physical landscape of the peninsula as the beautiful and distinctive Hawkesbury sandstone of which it is comprised.

Igneous rocks are rebels. Sedimentary rocks follow straight-forward rules—they are deposited in horizontal layers, with the oldest sediments on the bottom. Igneous rocks can do what they want ...

"We are looking at how quartz and an additional grain type—the lithic grain or rock fragment—influence how the sediment eventually turned to sandstone." ...

The geological context of Al Naslaa The Al Naslaa rock formation is composed primarily of sandstone, a sedimentary rock known for its susceptibility to erosion and fracturing.

Light Stable Isotope Microanalysis of Clays in Sedimentary Rocks -- 5. Cathodoluminescence of Feldspar and Carbonate in Sedimentary Rocks -- 6. 3-D Characterization of Grain Size Distributions in ...

An astonishing new rock formation has been revealed in the Colorado Rockies, and it exists in a deeply perplexing relationship with older rocks. Named the Tava sandstone, this sedimentary rock ...

The sandstone sedimentary rocks the scientists uncovered are not "native" to present-day Australia, but instead are common in eastern Canada.

Oak Park is a 9-acre park situated on one of the many sedimentary rock ledges popular in the Grand Ledge area next to the Grand River.