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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Fields of Study > geology > rocks > sedimentary rocks
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sedimentary rocks

Definition:
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.
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Broader Concept:
rocks
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URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/22258
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2018-09-28