Definition of SEDIMENTARY

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Recent Examples on the Web Running water has scoured channels, chiseled cliffs and leached precious minerals from the volcanic and sedimentary rocks, thus attracting miners and ranchers to this otherwise desolate land 30 miles west of Phoenix. — Mare Czinar, azcentral, "Don't be put off by the unimpressive beginning. This AZ hike leads to dramatic red rocks," 19 Dec. 2019 The last Brazilian dinosaur discovered from the Herrerasauridae group, Staurikosaurus pricei, was a small and agile carnivorous species found in the same sedimentary rock formation in 1936. — Jill Langlois, National Geographic, "Early meat-eating dinosaur revealed via spectacular fossil," 3 Dec. 2019 While most of the continent is underwater, much of the land mass's sedimentary pieces were scraped off during its great migration. — Li Cohen, CBS News, "Researchers discover hidden continent Greater Adria in the Mediterranean," 24 Sep. 2019 Wright adds to the sedimentary layers of description already settling on old places, rather than breaking fresh imaginative ground. — Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, "The Many Voices of Charles Wright," 4 Nov. 2019 The new results come from the upper Murray formation, which has outcroppings on which mission scientists can actually see sedimentary layers. — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, "We Now Have a Good Idea When Martian Oceans Started Dying," 7 Oct. 2019 Faith indeed looms large over the Permian Basin, a sedimentary basin rich with black gold that gave rise to the Texas oil legend as well as the Bush family dynasty. — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, "Odessa and neighboring Midland vow to heal in face of a day filled with 'the best and worst of humanity'," 1 Sep. 2019 Clearing land and removing the volcanic or sedimentary rocks just to plant the vineyard is harder. — Fortune, "Napa Mountain Wines Have Just as Much to Offer as Napa Valley Bottles," 8 Sep. 2019 Only the most serious climbers would consider ascending its east face, a sheer 3,000-foot wall of sedimentary rock marbled with an intricate network of snow and ice. — Nick Heil, Outside Online, "The Tragedy on Howse Peak," 28 Aug. 2019

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“Sedimentary.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sedimentary. Accessed 25 January 2020.