Sentence examples for rock layers from inspiring English sources

"The rock layers are signals," Grotzinger said.

Ancient rock layers, awakened by fresh air after eons underground, crumble into talus chutes.

The shifting colors suggest that the canyon's different rock layers formed under different conditions.

Seismic studies confirmed the arched rock layers that Mr Luskin was looking for.

Only a scattering of fossil remains has been found in more recent rock layers.

Planes of parting, or separation between individual rock layers, are termed stratification planes.

We returned to work, noting the geological features of the rock layers before taking samples and looking for fossils.

These chimneys act as conduits that have allowed groundwater to move vertically through the rock layers over thousands of years.

Once there, it will begin to climb the shallow slopes, analysing the various rock layers on its way.

Beaufort Series, sedimentary rock layers that were deposited during the transition from the Permian Period to the Triassic Period.

He saw that different rock layers contained different fossils and used this fact to trace strata over hundreds of miles.