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How Layers of Rocks (Stratified Rocks) Are Formed

Sedimentary rocks form in layers through various geological processes. Geologists study the composition, structure, and fossils within rock layers to reconstruct Earth's history. By examining petrology, stratigraphy, and paleontology, they have been able to develop the geologic time scale and understand how life on Earth has evolved over time. Sedimentary rocks exhibit stratification through a series of beds that can range from millimeters to meters thick. These layers form when deposition occurs in stages, with breaks in sedimentation represented by bedding planes between adjacent strata.

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How Layers of Rocks (Stratified Rocks) Are Formed

Sedimentary rocks form in layers through various geological processes. Geologists study the composition, structure, and fossils within rock layers to reconstruct Earth's history. By examining petrology, stratigraphy, and paleontology, they have been able to develop the geologic time scale and understand how life on Earth has evolved over time. Sedimentary rocks exhibit stratification through a series of beds that can range from millimeters to meters thick. These layers form when deposition occurs in stages, with breaks in sedimentation represented by bedding planes between adjacent strata.

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HOW LAYERS OF ROCKS

(STRATIFIED ROCKS) ARE


FORMED
 Rocks especially sedimentary rocks
contain a lot of information about Earth’s
past.
 It holds the key to most of the geologic
processes that happened on Earth.
 It is also the key to uncovering how life on
Earth evolved.
 Geologists reconstruct the sequence of
events from the study of petrology,
stratigraphy, and paleontology.
 Petrology- is a branch of geology that deals
with the origin, composition, structure, and
classification of rocks.
 Stratigraphy- is the study of rock layers
(strata) and layering (stratifications).
Paleontology- studies the life that existed
prior to, or sometimes at the start of, the
Holocene epoch (the current geologic
epoch)
Based on the information gathered from the
study of rock composition and structure, rock
layers, and fossils, geologist developed the
geologic time scale.
Stratified Rocks
Stratified Rocks
Stratified Rocks
Stratified Rocks
STRATIFICATION

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.
STRATIFICATION

- The layers range from several


millimeters to many meters in
thickness and vary greatly in
shape
Sedimentary rocks have the
general characters of occurring
in the form series of beds. This
phenomenon is known as
“Stratification” or “Bedding”
Common Structure and
Texture of Sedimentary
Rocks of
When the thickness
individual beds is very small it
is called “lamination”.
Common Structure and
Texture of Sedimentary Rocks
This is an inherent, primary
character of sedimentary rocks
is not a continuous process.
Common Structure and
Texture of Sedimentary Rocks
But occur in stages for
example deposition of
sediments ceases temporarily
and then after some time, the
deposition is resumed.
Common Structure and
Texture of Sedimentary Rocks
The short break in sedimentation
is represented by the bedding
plane.
Bedding plane is the plane of
contract between any two
adjacent beds of strata.

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