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Sedimentary Rocks in Britain

Sandstone hills Sandstone hills in the northwest Highlands, around 700 million years old.
 
Sandstone layers folded to form an anticline Sandstone layers folded to form an anticline, SW Wales.
 
Mudstone cliffs on the Yorkshire coast Mudstone cliffs on the Yorkshire coast, formed in the sea almost 200 million years ago.
 
Derrick Clements: www.heathbank.co.uk

Derrick Clements: www.heathbank.co.uk

 Limestone cliffs in Derbyshire, once a coral reef in a tropical lagoon around 350 million years ago.
 
Conglomerate (pebbly layer) in raised beach deposit Conglomerate (pebbly layer) in raised beach deposit, Cornwall.
 
Limestone layers slipping down over soft mudstone layers beneath, Dorset. Limestone layers slipping down over soft mudstone layers beneath, Dorset.
 
Chalk cliffs on the Sussex coast Chalk cliffs on the Sussex coast, formed from microscopic remains of marine plankton 100 million years ago.
 
 
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