sedimentary rock

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sedimentary rock (countable and uncountable, plural sedimentary rocks)

  1. (geology) One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the deposition of either the weathered remains of other rocks, the results of biological activity, or precipitation from solution.
    • 2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
      It's a geological wonderland, with great exposures of colorful and varied sedimentary rocks.

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