sedimentary

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A slab of sedimentary rock was covered in a wrinkled texture that looked strikingly like elephant skin.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The leftover carbon dioxide will be stored deep beneath the North Sea in sedimentary bedrock and will gradually mineralize over time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

For centuries, Lake Maracaibo’s environs were known for natural seepage of oil rising to the surface from sedimentary rock, a phenomenon also seen in sites like Los Angeles’ La Brea Tar Pits.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

Collisions between tectonic plates buried these sedimentary rocks deep in the Earth's crust where radiogenic heat released by the shale triggered melting of the lower crust.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2024

“Your noble experiment in sedimentary cuisine,” he said.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson