sedimentary rock
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rock formed from consolidated clay sediments
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Based on sedimentary rock analysis Rodinia's formation happened when the ozone layer was not as extensive as it is today.
Both the cement and the clasts (including fossils and ooids ) of a carbonate sedimentary rock can consist of carbonate minerals.
Britain was located in the interior of Pangea where it was subject to a hot arid desert climate with frequent flash floods leaving deposits that formed beds of red sedimentary rock.
Dating of lava and volcanic ash layers found within a stratigraphic sequence can provide absolute age data for sedimentary rock units which do not contain radioactive isotopes and calibrate relative dating techniques.
From oil sands seeAlso Naturally occurring crude asphalt/bitumen impregnated in sedimentary rock is the prime feed stock for petroleum production from " Oil sands ", currently under development in Alberta, Canada.
For an overview over facies shifts and the relations in the sedimentary rock record by which they can be recognized, see Reading (1996), pp. 22–33.