Learn about the rock cycle, sedimentary rocks, and fossil fuels in this tutorial.

Presents photographs of examples of clastic, chemical, and organic sedimentary rocks, with short descriptions underneath each rock image. Each rock name is also linked to its own dedicated page with a great deal of additional information...

An excellent resource for learning about sedimentary rocks and how they form. The different types of sedimentary rocks and deposits found in Kentucky are listed, with links to dedicated pages for each. Covers clay, shale, sandstone,...

Everything you need to know about sedimentary rocks and the processes by which they are created, including weathering, soils, environments, and classification.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how sediments weather, erode, and are deposited in a sedimentary environment.

A slideshow, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a short multiple-choice quiz on sedimentary rocks and how they are formed.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How sediments become sedimentary rocks.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How sediments become sedimentary rocks.

This resource gives short descriptions of how sedimentary deposition occurs in rivers, lakes, river mouths, coral reefs, glaciers, arid environments, and tropical environments.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to classify sedimentary rocks.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Factors that determine sediments and sedimentary rock materials and composition.

Listen to this podcast which explains the various processes that form sedimentary rock. [0:32]

Learn about the formation of sedimentary rocks.

The cementing of minerals together forms a sedimentary rock called sandstone. One form of sandstone is rock asphalt. Learn more about it here.

Rocks hold the history of the earth and the materials that will be used to build its future. This website holds a treasure of information regarding igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks.

An upper-level explanation of clastic sedimentary rock classification. Charts, diagrams, and review questions are included. Be sure to click on the PDF Clastic Identification key.

This article gives a detailed explanation of how transgression and regression of sea levels work to create deposits of sedimentary rocks. Illustrations show the layering that takes place over time. The article discusses how geologists...

This resource explains the depositional processes that occur in sedimentary rock formation to produce stratification, cross-bedding, graded bedding, rippled effects, and solidified mud cracks. Includes photographs of each type.

Students will hike to the Mawikwe Bay Sea Caves along the frozen shoreline of Lake Superior in order to investigate the sedimentary rock deposition and weathering of the sandstone cliffs. Students will measure take measurements,...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes key points about how sedimentary rocks are classified. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains that sedimentary rocks are classified by how they formed and by grain size.

This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on the lithification of sedimentary rocks. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes key points about sedimentary rocks and how they form. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.

Find out how sedimentary rocks are formed and how they are characterized.