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That would depend on where the beach is located.

Beaches are normally composed of loose sand or remains of animals living in the sea. Any rock found on a beach could have come from cliffs nearby, from under the sea or from some distance along the coast and could be any type of rock.

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The exposed rock on the cliffs of parts of southern England near Dover is white chalk.

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Q: What sedimentary rock is found on beaches?
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Where are sedimentary rock be found expect for beaches?

oceans


Where is conglomerate rocks mostly found?

Actually, Conglomerate is a clastic sedimentary rock. It is found near water areas so beaches and lakes. I had a piece i found washed up in a garden by a lake. Just clearing up that conglomerate is a SEDIMENTARY rock.


What sedimentary rock formed from sand deposits?

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Why are fossils not found in other kinds of rock except sedimentary rock?

Sedimentary rock is when a fossil is found inside it.


Type of rock in which most fossils are found?

Sedimentary rock is where we look for fossils.


What type of rocks have fossils found in them?

Fossils are nearly always found in some type of sedimentary rock. Limestone is a sedimentary rock which very commonly contains fossils, as is coal.


Fossils are most likely found in what rock?

No. They are usually found in sedimentary rock.


Why are few sedimentary rock found deep inside the earth?

any rock can become a sedimentary rock.


Which type of rock is where fossils are found?

They are mostly found in Sedimentary Rocks


Most fossils are found and what type of rock?

Sedimentary


Are fossils found in sedimentary and metamorphic rocks?

no, fossils are found only in sedimentary rock.


Where can you find a sedimentary rock?

Examples of sedimentary rock include:BauxiteLimestoneDolostoneBrecciaConglomerateShaleMudstoneBituminous CoalSandstoneHaliteGypsumChalkCoquinaLateriteArkoseGraywackeClaystoneSiltstoneChertTypes include clastic (cemented sediment particles), non-clastic (chemical precipitates or evaporites), and organic (from organisms, e.g. coal). Some will further divide sedimentary rocks into another type called bioclastic, rocks formed from clasts of organic matter (like sea shells).