Type of rock that is formed by the deposition and subsequent cementation of sediments on the floor of oceans or other bodies of water at the Earth's surface.
They normally split into two categories:
See also
Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Petroleum Geology + Petrophysics / Rock
[ Igneous Rock ] [ Metamorphic Rock ] [ Clastic Sedimentary Rock ] [ Carbonate Sedimentary Rock ]