Sedimentary
adjective
Related to sediment or particles that settle to the bottom of a liquid.
Rivers often carry sedimentary material downstream.
Often appears as...
- sedimentary rock
- sedimentary layer
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Technical
adjective
Referring to rocks formed from sediment accumulated over time.
Limestone and shale are types of sedimentary rocks.
Often appears as...
- sedimentary geology
- sedimentary basin
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Technical
adjective
Related to sediment or particles that settle to the bottom of a liquid.
Rivers often carry sedimentary material downstream.
Often appears as...
- sedimentary rock
- sedimentary layer
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Referring to rocks formed from sediment accumulated over time.
Limestone and shale are types of sedimentary rocks.
Often appears as...
- sedimentary geology
- sedimentary basin
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Natural Processes
Sedimentary often involves natural actions like wind or water moving particles.
The valley was filled with sedimentary deposits after the flood.
Pro Tip 2/3Liquid Settling
Think of sedimentary as relating to how tea leaves settle at the bottom of a cup.
Sedimentary layers in the pond were visible once the water cleared.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Homogeneous
Sedimentary implies variation -- different materials mixed together.
They discovered several sedimentary materials in the soil sample.
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accumulativeencrustedlayer
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Mars Up Close, Part 2:...
and these ancient lake deposits we've been traversing across a landscape that's littered with sedimentary rocks. You can see some of those here in the foreground. And we've been sampling these as we've gone, trying to understand more about the relationship between sediments washed down in this river, Peace Vallis and out onto this fan of sediments
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Bethany Ehlmann:...
see two drill holes from our exploration first time we've drilled about five centimeters down into the surface of another planet here so we have been exploring with a suite of instruments we were investigating the rocks right in front of us you can see sort of different sedimentary rock units full of
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Penelope Boston: Life on...
has taught us a number of amazing things. There is sub-surface ice on that planet. And so where there is water, there is a very high chance of our kind of life. There's clearly sedimentary rocks all over the place – one of the landers is sitting in the middle of an ancient seabed,
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How to fossilize...yourse...
Over time, the sediments around your fossil will lithify or turn into rock. But you're not in the clear yet! Many things could happen to those sedimentary rocks that might destroy your chances of getting discovered. They could get uplifted into a mountain range
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What rivers can tell us...
that eventually turn into rocks. What this means is that we can go to places like this, where we see big, thick stacks of sedimentary rocks, and go back in time and see what the landscapes looked like in the past. We can do this to help reconstruct
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Mars Up Close, Part 3:...
as wind blew sand and eroded that rock back except where that pebble was. That's like one of my favorite pictures from this mission. Now, here is a close up. Like I said sedimentary rock, so this is bits of old rock.
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Snowball Earth? PIPE...
ranged this is an example the drop stone a piece of ancient rock that was dropped into the ancient mud on the sea bottom these drop stones are visibly different from the sedimentary bedrock around them
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Rockies Thrust Up PIPE...
granite mountains here have been pushed up for miles on top of the granite lie spectacular red slabs of rock known as flat irons they're the patchwork remains of sedimentary rock that once blanketed
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Hunting for dinosaurs...
It's not. And the answer relies on a formula that all paleontologists use. And I'm going to tell you the secret. First, find rocks of the right age. Second, those rocks must be sedimentary rocks.
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What Mud From Glacial...
sending a plastic tube down into the lake sediment bringing that to back up with the sedimentary layers in it and then doing a number of different types of analyses looking at those old life
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Mars Up Close, Part 2:...
and these ancient lake deposits we've been traversing across a landscape that's littered with sedimentary rocks. You can see some of those here in the foreground. And we've been sampling these as we've gone, trying to understand more about the relationship between sediments washed down in this river, Peace Vallis and out onto this fan of sediments
Video examples
Bethany Ehlmann:...
see two drill holes from our exploration first time we've drilled about five centimeters down into the surface of another planet here so we have been exploring with a suite of instruments we were investigating the rocks right in front of us you can see sort of different sedimentary rock units full of
Video examples
Penelope Boston: Life on...
has taught us a number of amazing things. There is sub-surface ice on that planet. And so where there is water, there is a very high chance of our kind of life. There's clearly sedimentary rocks all over the place – one of the landers is sitting in the middle of an ancient seabed,
Video examples
How to fossilize...yourse...
Over time, the sediments around your fossil will lithify or turn into rock. But you're not in the clear yet! Many things could happen to those sedimentary rocks that might destroy your chances of getting discovered. They could get uplifted into a mountain range
Video examples
What rivers can tell us...
that eventually turn into rocks. What this means is that we can go to places like this, where we see big, thick stacks of sedimentary rocks, and go back in time and see what the landscapes looked like in the past. We can do this to help reconstruct
Video examples
Mars Up Close, Part 3:...
as wind blew sand and eroded that rock back except where that pebble was. That's like one of my favorite pictures from this mission. Now, here is a close up. Like I said sedimentary rock, so this is bits of old rock.
Video examples
Snowball Earth? PIPE...
ranged this is an example the drop stone a piece of ancient rock that was dropped into the ancient mud on the sea bottom these drop stones are visibly different from the sedimentary bedrock around them
Video examples
Rockies Thrust Up PIPE...
granite mountains here have been pushed up for miles on top of the granite lie spectacular red slabs of rock known as flat irons they're the patchwork remains of sedimentary rock that once blanketed
Video examples
Hunting for dinosaurs...
It's not. And the answer relies on a formula that all paleontologists use. And I'm going to tell you the secret. First, find rocks of the right age. Second, those rocks must be sedimentary rocks.
Video examples
What Mud From Glacial...
sending a plastic tube down into the lake sediment bringing that to back up with the sedimentary layers in it and then doing a number of different types of analyses looking at those old life
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