One of the best places to see hoodoos is in southern ... natural amphitheaters filled with craggy columns composed of sedimentary rocks like sandstone and shale. This area is particularly prone ...

The film also discusses how various natural processes, including the remains of marine life and plant materials, contribute to the formation of sedimentary rocks and their layered structure.

The film also discusses how sedimentation leads to the formation of sedimentary rock and mountains, and the role of volcanic activity in shaping the Earth. Overall, it emphasizes that the Earth is ...

Frank Krahmer/Masterfile/Corbis The formations are comprised of sedimentary rocks like sandstone, shale and mudstone. Frank Krahmer/Masterfile/Corbis The area was once covered by a great sea.

Aristos is a Newsweek science and health reporter with the London, U.K., bureau. He is particularly focused on archaeology and paleontology, although he has covered a wide variety of topics ...

Richard Edan / Getty Images Oil shale is a type of sedimentary rock formation that can be used to produce oil and gas. Oil shale can produce oil and gas because of the presence of kerogen ...