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Geology.com: Rocks: Pictures of Sedimentary Rocks GraphicGeology.com: Rocks: Pictures of Sedimentary Rocks Graphic
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9th - 10th
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Geology.com: Rocks: Pictures of Sedimentary Rocks

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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 about it, including how it is formed and its depositional environment.

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coal, limestone, sandstone

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breccia, chert, clastic sedimentary rocks, conglomerate, depositional environment, dolomite, flint, iron ore, oil shale, rock salt, shale, siltstone, types of sedimentary rocks, geology.com, geology.com: rocks: pictures of sedimentary rocks/ohio pg.ims.3.a, pg.ims.3.b, ohio pg.ims.3.a, ohio pg.ims.3.b, chemical sedimentary rocks, division of sedimentary rocks, organic sedimentary rocks, types and classification of sedimentary rock

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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