sedimentary rock
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Mount Sharp contains numerous layers of sedimentary rock, each preserving evidence from a different chapter of Martian history.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
Workers were digging in a fossil-rich sedimentary rock unit known as the Santiago Formation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Shale is, after all, the most common sedimentary rock and found all over the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
But which sedimentary rock is that metamorphic rock derived from, hmm?
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2024
The sedimentary rock of sandstone, shales, and marl, not only showed veins of ignitible lignite, but it was pierced by the trap which had been shot up from earth's flaming recesses.
From Overland by J. W. (John William) De Forest
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