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sedimentary

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ˌsedɪˈmentri
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释义

adj. 沉淀的

例句

Because they are porous, sedimentary rocks, such as sandstones and conglomerates, are important potential sources of groundwater.
由于像如砂岩和砾岩这样的沉积岩是多孔的,它们是地下水的重要潜在来源。
Although most fossils are found in marine sedimentary rocks, they also are found in terrestrial deposits left by streams and lakes.
虽然大多数化石是在海洋沉积岩中发现的,但它们也存在于河流和湖泊所留下的陆地沉积物中。
In this process, sedimentary rocks that originally formed on the seabed may be folded upwards to altitudes of more than 26,000 feet.
在这个过程中,最初形成于海床上的沉积岩可能会向上折叠到26000英尺以上的高度。

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First, find rocks of the right age.Second, those rocks must be sedimentary rocks.And third, layers of those rocks must be naturally exposed.
rocks of the right age,that are sedimentary rocks, in a desert,and get yourself on the ground,
What this means is that we can go to places like this,where we see big, thick stacks of sedimentary rocks,and go back in time
to prospect for dinosaurs:a place that had terrestrial sedimentary rocks of the right age,in a desert,
find the rocks of Mesozoic and go there.Now of course, you can only make a fossil in a sedimentary rock,a rock made by sand and mud.
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