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What causes these bands?


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location: aarhus, denmark

found: loose beach rock

units: metric

date: 2024

notes: is this a concretion, a badly preserved fossil or just some banding? can anyone explain in detail why certain rocks have these local band structures

 

 

 

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Appears like a piece of flint to me.

I allowed me to copy paste a possible answer to this question from the internet.

 

"There are two possible explanations for why flint forms in bands or layers. Firstly, because the sedimentation of chalk occurs in cycles, and secondly, because the process described above depletes the silica at a certain sediment depth and flint formation cannot begin again until there is enough silica to start the process again"

 

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http://snpr.southdowns.gov.uk/files/additions/For how flint is formed.ht

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