NAL Agricultural Thesaurus: NALT: sedimentary rocks

sedimentary rocks

Rocks which have been formed from deposits of sediment-whether from fragments of other rock transported from their sources and deposited by water - e.g., sandstone or shale-or by precipitation from solution or fixation by organisms - e.g., rock salt, gypsum, limestone.
Source: Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station
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