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Anonymous Sun Apr 1 18:31:56 2012 No.4530045 [Reply] [Original]

why are there no visible fossils in sedimentary rocks?

>>	Z !!QQRoaMCrnqP Sun Apr 1 18:35:28 2012 No.4530075 Heat and pressure present when sedimentary rock is created is too high.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 1 18:37:36 2012 No.4530078 >>4530075 oh i see

>>	Z !!QQRoaMCrnqP Sun Apr 1 18:39:51 2012 No.4530087 >>4530078 I made that up on the spot.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 1 18:39:51 2012 No.4530089 I think you're thinking of metamorphic rock. Fossils are found exclusively in sedimentary rock.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 1 18:41:07 2012 No.4530103 >>4530089 balrog fossils are found in igneous rock

>>	valjean !!4SOyPF0IuOv Sun Apr 1 18:44:31 2012 No.4530119 >>4530103 clever turnip.