sedimentary rock: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Sam Boggs, Jr., Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, 3rd ed. (2001); Rhodes W. Fairbridge and Joanne Bourgeois, The Encyclopedia of Sedimentology (1978); Andrew D. Miall, Principles of Sedimentary Basin Analysis, 2nd ed. (1990); F.J. Pettijohn, Sedimentary Rocks, 3rd ed. (1975); F.J. Pettijohn, P.E. Potter, and R. Siever, Sand and Sandstone, 2nd ed. (1987); P.E. Potter, J. Barry Maynard, and Wayne A. Pryor, Sedimentology of Shale (1980); Donald R. Prothero, Interpreting the Stratigraphic Record (1989); J.G. Reading (ed.), Sedimentary Environments and Facies, 2nd ed. (1986); Stuart R. Taylor and Scott M. McLennan, The Continental Crust: Its Composition and Evolution: An Examination of the Geochemical Record Preserved in Sedimentary Rocks (1985); Maurice E. Tucker and V.P. Wright, Carbonate Sedimentology (1990); Maurice E. Tucker, Sedimentary Petrology: An Introduction to the Origin of Sedimentary Rocks, 3rd ed. (2001); James L. Wilson, Carbonate Facies in Geologic History (1975).
Article Contributors
Primary Contributors
- Keith A.W. Crook
- Kevin Charles Beck
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Harold J. Bissell
Emeritus Professor of Geology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
- Frederick L. Schwab
- Robert Louis Folk
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Ernst ten Haaf
Former Professor of Structural Geology, State University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Other Contributors
- mudather osman
Other Encyclopedia Britannica Contributors
Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Sedimentary Rocks. | Oct 29, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: IOPscience - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science - Deformation characteristics of sedimentary rock due to continuous changes of moisture content in wetting process. | May 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pressbooks at Virginia Tech - Introduction to Earth Science - Weathering, Erosion, and Sedimentary Rocks. | Nov 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Open Education Alberta - Planet Earth - The Rock Cycle II: Sediment and Sedimentary Rock. | Sep 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Diyala - College of Sciences - Sedimentary rocks (PDF). | Feb 25, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Maricopa Open Digital Press - Dynamic Planet: Exploring Geological Disasters and Environmental Change - Sedimentary Rocks. | Jul 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Open Education Alberta - Planet Earth - The Rock Cycle II: Sediment and Sedimentary Rock. | May 03, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Indiana University Bloomington - Earth and Our Environment Laboratory Manual - Sedimentary Rocks. | Mar 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Columbia University - Sedimentary Rocks. | Jan 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Tulane University - Sediment and Sedimentary Rocks. | Oct 30, 2023 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Sep 23, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Sedimentary Rocks. | Sep 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Energy Education - Sedimentary rock. | Apr 26, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Sedimentary Rock. | Jan 18, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Nov 05, 2020 | ||
| Removed table. | Aug 15, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cool Kid Facts - Sedimentary Rock. | Dec 16, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Science and technology For Kids! - Sedimentary Rock Facts. | Dec 16, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Sedimentary Rock. | Dec 16, 2016 | ||
| In discussion of epiclastic conglomerates and breccias, changed "interformational conglomerate" to "extraformational conglomerate." |
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Jun 06, 2014 | |
| Add new Web site: Picasa Image Gallery - AZ Geology - Sedimentary Rocks. | Nov 27, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Picasa Image Gallery - AZ Geology - Sedimentary Rocks. | Nov 27, 2012 | ||
| References to the extraction of oil from oil shales updated. | Aug 31, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: U.S. Geological Survey - Sedimentary Rocks. | Nov 09, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Sedimentary Rocks. | Nov 09, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Sedimentary Rocks. | Nov 04, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Sedimentary Rock. | Nov 04, 2011 | ||
| Added video overview of the geologic cycle. | Feb 09, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Backyard Nature - Sedimentary Rock. | Sep 22, 2010 | ||
| Add new Web site: KidsGeo.com - Sedimentary Rocks. | Sep 22, 2010 | ||
| Add new Web site: Geology.com - Sedimentary Rocks. | Sep 22, 2010 | ||
| Add new Web site: Tulane University - Sedimentary Rocks. | Sep 22, 2010 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Sedimentary Rock. | Sep 22, 2010 | ||
| Three photographs each depicting one type of wacke and four photographs each depicting a different type of limestone added. | Mar 19, 2010 | ||
| Changed "dessication" to "desiccation." | Sep 16, 2009 | ||
| Updated geologic time data. | Sep 11, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of Alabama Department of Geological Sciences - Sediment and Sedimentary Rocks. | May 21, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Window To The Universe - What Is a Sedimentary Rock? | Apr 24, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Physical Geography.Net - Characteristics of Sedimentary Rocks. | Oct 13, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: ThinkQuest - Sedimentary Rocks. | Oct 13, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Sedimentary Rock. | Oct 13, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Window To The Universe - What Is a Sedimentary Rock? | Oct 13, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Face of the Earth - Sedimentary Rock. | Oct 13, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Geological Sciences Department of California State Polytechnic University - Weathering and Sedimentary Rock. | Oct 13, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Rocksandminerals4u - Sedimentary Rock Formation. | Oct 13, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: All About Gemstones - Sedimentary Rock. | Oct 13, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: MountainNature.com - Bricks and Mortar οΏ½ The Rocks That Make Up The Rockies. | Oct 13, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Hyperphysics - Sedimentary Rocks. | Oct 13, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Window To The Universe - Sedimentary Rock. | Sep 28, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of Texas at Austin - Walter Geology Library - Original Text of Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks by R.L. Folk. | Jan 09, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: HyperPhysics - Geophysics. | Dec 21, 2006 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 14, 2006 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Dec 14, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Aug 03, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |
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