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Seasonal, cyclical, or other event based depositions of sediment are called strata.

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The rock formed would usually be classified as clastic sedimentary rock, like shale.

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Sandstone.

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What sedimentary rocks form when sediments are deposited in layers at the bottom of lakes or oceans?

basalt


Why are sedimentary rocks formed in layers?

Sedimentation of transported weathered and eroded material is continuous, cyclical, or event based. New sediments are deposited on top of existing sediments, forming layers that may be visible in a sedimentary rock body.


Sedimentary rocks form distinctive layers at the bottom of a lake?

Rock strata can be formed in layers at the bottom of lakes.


The type of rocks that form where the remains of plants and animals are deposited in thick layers are called?

The type of rock that forms where the remains of plants and animals are deposited in thick layers are called organic sedimentary rock.


How is clay deposited to form shale?

Water deposits the clay particles in thin, flat layers.


How does loess deposit form?

Loess deposits is form when sediment that is finer than sand, such as particles of clay and silt, is deposited into layers far from its source.


When water and toluene mixed two layers form which remains on the bottom?

Two layers form and the two layers indicate immiscibility (lack of solubility).


When objects are layered do objects of higher or lower density sink to the bottom?

The fluids with highest densities form the lowest layers. The fluids with lowest densities form the highest layers.


Where are the oldest layers of a sandstone rock located?

Sandstone is a sedimentary rock. Sedimentary rocks form from sediments that deposited by the wind and water. Over the time those sediments will get pressed and cemented together. It can take millions of years for sediments to become a rock. So the oldest layers of a sandstone are on a bottom.


What are Solid particles that form layers at the bottom of ocean or lake?

Generically they are called sediments


Why do sediments form in layers?

The action of water and gravity cause them to form in layers.


Broken pieces of what types of rock are deposited into layers and cemented together to form sedimentary rock?

Detrital Sediments Sincerly, John