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...

A 3-D view of sedimentary rocks. Samples include Arenaceous Shale, Arkose (gray), Banded Sandstone, Barite, Bituminous Coal, Caliche, Chalcedony, Conglomerate, Coquina, Diffusion Dolmite, Dolomite, Dolomitic Limestone, Ferruginous Shale,...

This lesson will present how to identify and classify sedimentary rocks. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Geology: Sedimentary Rocks."

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A detailed photo of siltstone, a sedimentary rock set against a white background.

View this stunning collection of images showcasing Hopewell Rocks and the famous Flowerpot Rocks located in the Bay of Fundy.

This site provides a broad overview of the three different types of rocks. Gives a description about are how they are formed and classified.

A colorful diagram of the rock cycle showing the stages that rocks go through as they are transformed by different processes such as weathering, lithification, and crystallization.

A simplified version of the rock cycle showing the three types of rocks and the transformational processes that occur between each pair of rock types.

A sketch map of eastern Canada showing the general location of different types of rocks in this part of Canada. Within the heavy black lines are found chiefly metamorphic and igneous rocks, and chiefly sedimentary rocks without. The...

A map from 1911 of a portion of the Laurentian Plateau region of North America showing the drainage and lake network west of Lake Nipigon. The map shows the division line for waters flowing to the Albany and the Winnipeg river systems,...

On the eastern slopes of the Masai escarpment bordering the Great Rift Valley are natural rock shelters, overhanging slabs of sedimentary rocks fragmented by rift faults, whose vertical planes have been used for rock paintings for at...