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Rock that's basically the planet's slowly compacted scrapbook of everything that ever settled.
means Describing rock formed when particles, debris, or dead organisms pile up and harden into layers over time.
from From Latin sedimentum, a settling, from sedere, to sit — the patient stone that sat still until it became something.
Fossil homeNearly all fossils hide in sedimentary layers.
Thin crustCovers most land but is geologically shallow.
Reads like pagesEach layer records a slice of ancient time.