What are sedimentary rocks?

Titre
What are sedimentary rocks?

Natalie, Hyde

Sommaire
It all starts with erosion for sedimentary rock. Worn down bits of rock become pressed together under pressure into strata, or layers. The formation of rock such as sandstone, shale, limestone, and dolomite is explained in this fact-filled book. Readers will also learn that this type of rock is useful in determining the Earths geological history because its layers often hold fossils and other geological clues.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2011

Let's rock

Description matérielle
32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.cm.

Informations sur le programme
Accelerated Reader MG 6.1 1.0 quiz: 140549

Terme de vedette-matière
Rocks.
 
Petrology.

Résumé
It all starts with erosion for sedimentary rock. Worn down bits of rock become pressed together under pressure into strata, or layers. The formation of rock such as sandstone, shale, limestone, and dolomite is explained in this fact-filled book. Readers will also learn that this type of rock is useful in determining the Earths geological history because its layers often hold fossils and other geological clues.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780778772309
 
9780778772354

Informations de publication
New York : Crabtree Pub., c2011.


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
Lymburn552 HYDBook30269000117023Non-Fiction