Layered sandstone mountains showing stratification

Geology hub

Sedimentary

Layers, grains, fossils, and environments—how surface processes become rock and how to read the record.

Subtopics

Sandstone

Grain size, sorting, and cement tell you about rivers, deserts, and shorelines.

Limestone & carbonates

How shells, reefs, and chemical precipitation build carbonate rocks—and why acid reaction matters.

Fossils in context

What fossils can (and can’t) tell you about age, environment, and correlation.

Bedding & structures

Cross-beds, ripples, mud cracks, and graded beds—small structures with big environmental meaning.