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Exploring sedimentary rocks / Marie Rogers.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: New York : PowerKids Press, 2022Description: 24 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781725319271
  • 9781725319257
  • 9781713716358
  • 1725319276
  • 172531925X
  • 1713716356
Other title:
  • Sedimentary rocks
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 552.5 ROG 23
LOC classification:
  • QE471 .R54 2022
Contents:
Sedimentary rocks -- Weathering and erosion -- Sorting -- Layers -- Clastic rock -- Nonclastic rock -- Dripping -- Classification -- Fossil fuels -- A picture of history.
Summary: Although Earth is mostly made up of igneous and metamorphic rock, sedimentary rock covers about 75 percent of Earth's land surface. This means it's the most visible kind of rock on Earth. Sedimentary rocks form when sediment accumulates and compacts. In this book, readers will learn how sedimentary rocks form, the different types of sedimentary rocks, how people use sedimentary rocks, and more.
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Although Earth is mostly made up of igneous and metamorphic rock, sedimentary rock covers about 75 percent of Earth's land surface. This means it's the most visible kind of rock on Earth. Sedimentary rocks form when sediment accumulates and compacts. In this book, readers will learn how sedimentary rocks form, the different types of sedimentary rocks, how people use sedimentary rocks, and more.

Includes index.

Sedimentary rocks -- Weathering and erosion -- Sorting -- Layers -- Clastic rock -- Nonclastic rock -- Dripping -- Classification -- Fossil fuels -- A picture of history.

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