Stratified Rocks

( STRATIFICATION )
At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

1. Define Stratification.

2. Describe the process on how stratified

rocks are formed.
The horizontal layers present in most sedimentary
rocks are called STRATA.
The process of creating layers of
rocks is called…………

STRATIFICATION
Rocks that hardened over time
create layers that make It a……..

STRATIFIED ROCK
FORMATION OF STRATIFIED ROCKS

1 .Weathering
2 .Erosion
3. Deposition
4. Compaction
WEATHERING
-a process by which rocks are broken
into smaller pieces.
 EROSION
-the process of transporting rock particles
and other material from one place to
another to where they are deposited due
to different agents like water, wind and ice.
 DEPOSITION

• The process in
which the
weathered
materials carried
out by erosion
settle down in a
particular
location.
COMPACTION

Deposited sediments will begin to stick to

one another, cemented together with
clay, other mineral and fossils, and
compacted creating a layer of
sedimentary rocks.
Danish Scientist, Nicolas Steno, proposed
the

LAW OF ORIGINAL HORIZONTALITY

Which states that sediments are deposited
horizontally creating horizontal strata or
layers.