HOW LAYERS OF

ROCKS
(STRATIFIED ROCKS)
ARE FORMED
Prepared by :
EDRIC FERNAN GABOT
STRATI form or arrange into
-FIED strata.

the solid mineral

material forming part
ROCKS of the surface of the
earth
 Rocks are called stratified
because they appear to be in
layers, or strata.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS:
BEDDING,
STRATIFICATION,
LAMINATION
Refers to layering that occurs in
sedimentary rocks. Igneous rocks can also
exhibit layering especially when formed at
the surface of the Earth (volcanic rocks)
DEFINITION OF TERMS:

general term for

STRATIFICATION
layering in
sedimentary rocks
 DEFINITION OF TERMS:

Layering in
sedimentary rocks,
BEDS which are greater
than 1 cm thick.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS:

Layering in
sedimentary rocks,
which are less than
1 cm thick.
LAMINATION
WHY ARE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ARE CALLED STRATEFIED
ROCKS???????????????

Sedimentary rocks are formed by

accumulationand hardning of sediments over a
period of time which are arranged in layers and
that's why they are called stratified rocks
CLASTIC SEDIMENTARY ROCK OUTCROP EXHIBITING DISTINCT LAYERING
1. REVIEW OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS AND PROCESSES
2. When sediments accumulate,
they tend to blanket the
surface of accumulation.
Sediments tend to form tabular
layers.
3. If conditions on the surface
do not change, only thick,
homogenous, and undifferentiated
sedimentary rocks will form.
INTERBEDDED MUDSTONE AND LIMESTONE
 Beds are clearly
defined by a
change in color
or shade
4.WHAT
Grain size in DEFINES A
sedimentary rocks
is function of the BED OR A
energy of the LAYER?
environment of
deposition
 3 MAIN REASONS WHY LAYERINGS
OF ROCKS ARE FORMED

CRUSTAL
MOVEMENT
SOIL
DISPLACEMENT
DISTORTION OF
TERRAINS
 CRUSTAL
MOVEMENT

RESULTS IN DEFORMATION OF THE

EARTH’S CRUST
 SOIL
DISPLACEMENT

MOVEMENTS OF EARTH’S CRUST CAN

LIFT UP ROCK LAYERS THAT WERE
BURIED AND EXPOSE THEM TO EROSION.
 DISTORTION
OF TERRAINS

THIS IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS

WEATHERING.
 Sedimentary rocks form
when new sediment are
deposited on top of old
layers of sediment. As the
sediments accumulate, they
are compressed and harden
into sedimentary rock
layers