Part of places one earth process inside the larger cycle it belongs to. Wikipedia notes that "the transport of eroded materials from their original location is followed by deposition, which is arrival and emplacement of material at a new location," making erosion one stage among several in a single ongoing cycle. This dimension shows which wider system a given process is a piece of.
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Field of StudySedimentology encompasses the study of modern sediments such as sand, silt, and clay, and the processes that result in their formation (erosion and weathering), transport, deposition and diagenesis. 1 Part Of
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Wikimedia FoundationSedimentology, lead section (process-discipline bucket)Quote, Sedimentology, lead section (process-discipline bucket)
Sedimentology encompasses the study of modern sediments such as sand, silt, and clay, and the processes that result in their formation (erosion and weathering), transport, deposition and diagenesis.
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