Examples of sedimentary in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Mars rover's current focus is drilling cores and examing the sedimentary rocks around the delta area. — Megan Marples, CNN, 9 June 2022 These conclusions come from chemical patterns in a group of sedimentary rocks, called the Murray formation, that Curiosity sampled along its path up Mount Sharp. — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2021 The rocks in the delta are most likely sedimentary, trapping and preserving precious layers of silt from the river that once flowed into the crater's lake. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 15 Dec. 2021 The younger rock layers on top are mostly sedimentary, evidence of long-ago, shallow inland seas. — Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2021 The girl’s molar was embedded in sedimentary rock called breccia on a cave wall also containing bone fragments and teeth from animals including ancient rhinos and elephants. — Reuters, NBC News, 18 May 2022 It’s in the foothills in an area called Greenheugh Pediment and able to see different sedimentary layers shaped by water billions of years ago. — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 16 May 2022 Two different specimens were found in 2012 in southern Mendoza in the Plottier Formation, a group of sedimentary rocks containing the remains of sauropods, theropods, turtles, crocodiles and pterosaurs, Ortiz David said. — Megan Marples, CNN, 29 May 2022 Further, as the researchers note, layers of light-colored volcanic ash can be found buried in the sedimentary rock. — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 12 May 2022 See More

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