SOES: SEDIMENTARY ROCK

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The principle of ............ describes the idea that older rock is present in layers below newer rock.
superposition
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The term used to describe the hotter area in an igneous rock as it intrudes bedrock.
baked contact
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The term used to describe the cooler area in an igneous rock as it meets bedrock.
chilled margin
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A fragment of another rock deposited within an igneous intrusion.
xenolith
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The sedimentary rock formation created from a turbidity current e.g. graded bed.
turbidite
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A wedge of sediment formed when moving water meets standing water.
delta
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The process of burying, heating and pressurising sediment over a long time, which creates sedimentary rock.
lithification
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The name of the rock type which is angular, poorly sorted and immature.
breccia
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The type of sedimentary rock formed from shells of living organisms.
biochemical
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An example of a biochemical sediment, formed in deeper oceans.
chert
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The name of the rock which forms by precipitation of CaCO3 from groundwater.
travertine
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The collective name given to stalactites and stalagmites.
speleotherms
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The type of bedding which forms at the interface between water and land.
bedform
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The term used to describe the hotter area in an igneous rock as it intrudes bedrock.

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baked contact

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The term used to describe the cooler area in an igneous rock as it meets bedrock.

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A fragment of another rock deposited within an igneous intrusion.

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The sedimentary rock formation created from a turbidity current e.g. graded bed.

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