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Sedimentary rocks are
types of rock
formed by the
cementation of sediments—i.e.
particles made of
minerals (geological detritus) or
organic matter (biological...
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Sedimentary basins are region-scale
depressions of the Earth's
crust where subsidence has
occurred and a
thick sequence of
sediments have ac****ulated...
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Sedimentary basin analysis is a
geologic method by
which the
formation and
evolution history of a
sedimentary basin is revealed, by
analyzing the sediment...
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Shale is a fine-grained,
clastic sedimentary rock
formed from mud that is a mix of
flakes of clay
minerals (hydrous
aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g., kaolin...
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Petrology has
three subdivisions: igneous, metamorphic, and
sedimentary petrology.
Igneous and
metamorphic petrology are
commonly taught together...
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refer to
sedimentary rocks and
particles in
sediment transport,
whether in
suspension or as bed load, and in
sediment deposits.
Clastic sedimentary rocks...
- sedimentation; if buried, they may
eventually become sandstone and
siltstone (
sedimentary rocks)
through lithification.
Sediments are most
often transported by...
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Sedimentary structures include all
kinds of
features in
sediments and
sedimentary rocks,
formed at the time of deposition.
Sediments and
sedimentary rocks...
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Sedimentary budgets are a
coastal management tool used to
analyze and
describe the
different sediment inputs (sources) and
outputs (sinks) on the coasts...
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interpret geologic history through observations of
sedimentary rocks and
sedimentary structures.
Sedimentary rocks cover up to 75% of the Earth's surface,...
