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    How Are The Layers of Rocks

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    Stratified rocks are formed by the deposition of sediment layers over time. Sediments of similar composition and texture are deposited on top of each other by processes like water flow. These layers are turned into rock through pressure and heat over long periods. Successive sediment layers often show a gradual textural change, becoming finer as deposition continues. This "fining upwards" pattern can indicate the order of layer deposition. Stratification results from the interleaving of distinct rock layers or beds of varying thickness and extent within sedimentary sequences. Changes in erosion sources or environmental conditions lead to variations in the composition of successive strata. Gravity drives the overall process, carrying eroded sediments downward until deposition occurs when transport forces are balanced.

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    Stratified rocks are formed by the deposition of sediment layers over time. Sediments of similar composition and texture are deposited on top of each other by processes like water flow. These layers are turned into rock through pressure and heat over long periods. Successive sediment layers often show a gradual textural change, becoming finer as deposition continues. This "fining upwards" pattern can indicate the order of layer deposition. Stratification results from the interleaving of distinct rock layers or beds of varying thickness and extent within sedimentary sequences. Changes in erosion sources or environmental conditions lead to variations in the composition of successive strata. Gravity drives the overall process, carrying eroded sediments downward until deposition occurs when transport forces are balanced.

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    Stratified rocks are formed by the deposition of sediment layers over time. Sediments of similar composition and texture are deposited on top of each other by processes like water flow. These layers are turned into rock through pressure and heat over long periods. Successive sediment layers often show a gradual textural change, becoming finer as deposition continues. This "fining upwards" pattern can indicate the order of layer deposition. Stratification results from the interleaving of distinct rock layers or beds of varying thickness and extent within sedimentary sequences. Changes in erosion sources or environmental conditions lead to variations in the composition of successive strata. Gravity drives the overall process, carrying eroded sediments downward until deposition occurs when transport forces are balanced.

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    Stratified rocks are formed by the deposition of sediment layers over time. Sediments of similar composition and texture are deposited on top of each other by processes like water flow. These layers are turned into rock through pressure and heat over long periods. Successive sediment layers often show a gradual textural change, becoming finer as deposition continues. This "fining upwards" pattern can indicate the order of layer deposition. Stratification results from the interleaving of distinct rock layers or beds of varying thickness and extent within sedimentary sequences. Changes in erosion sources or environmental conditions lead to variations in the composition of successive strata. Gravity drives the overall process, carrying eroded sediments downward until deposition occurs when transport forces are balanced.

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    How are the layers of rocks (stratified rocks)

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    Joel Chavez, B.S., MS. Geology, University of Idaho


    Answered Jun 30 2018 · Author has 84 answers and 8k answer
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    By the deposition of material of like composition and
    texture, usually by water. One on top of another.
    These layers are turned into rock via pressure and
    temperature. In a sequence of sedimentary rock, one
    often sees a subtle change in texture between layers.
    The texture become more progressively fine as the
    layers are deposited on top of one another. This
    “fining upwards,” is often barley visible, but can be
    seen with magnication, or felt by touch or by
    scraping with a pocket knife.
    Richard Bucklew, MS Paleontology & Geology,
    University of Oxford (1980)
    Answered Jun 30, 2018
    Stratification (or bedding) is expressed by rock
    layers (units) of a general tabular or lenticular form
    that differ in rock type or other characteristics from
    the material with which they are interstratified
    (sometimes stated as interbedded, or interlayered).
    These beds, or strata, are of varying thickness and
    areal extent. The term stratum identifies a single
    bed, or unit, normally greater than one centimetre in
    thickness and visibly separable from superjacent
    (overlying) and subjacent (underlying) beds. “Strata”
    refers to two or more beds, and the term lamina is
    sometimes applied to a unit less than one centimetre
    in thickness. Thus, lamination consists of thin units
    in bedded, or layered, sequence in a natural rock
    succession, whereas stratification consists of bedded
    layers, or strata, in a geologic sequence of
    interleaved sedimentary rocks.
    Robert Simpson-Clark, BSc Geology & Physical Chemistry (1972)
    Answered Jul 1, 2018 · Author has 194 answers and 29.5k answer
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    The operative force is gravity. Tectonism raises rock
    upwards to form highlands and erosion cuts them down.
    The resulting debris (sediment) moves inexorably
    downward until the energy moving the sediment balances
    the friction of the sediment against the surface it is moving
    over. At that point it begins to accumulate as a layer.
    Episodic events like wind storms or seasonal water flow
    may leave individually observable layers and, of course,
    changes in the elevation or environment can start new
    erosion, moving the sediment ever downward. Eventually
    the sediment will reach a point when there is little chance
    of it moving further and significant deposition occurs,
    resulting in the accumulation of the sedimentary
    formations we see. Changes in the source of the sediment
    or the environmental conditions alter the makeup of the
    sediment forming different types of strata. There are very
    few exceptions to this rule (coral reefs come to mind as
    one exception), even most limestones accumulate at the
    gravitational low point.

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