Timescale sorts earth processes by how quickly they actually happen. Wikipedia notes that "human activities have increased by 10-40 times the rate at which soil erosion is occurring globally," showing the same natural process can run far faster once people speed it up. Browsing by timescale groups processes that unfold over a similar span of time.
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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 Sources
1. Sedimentology (Wikipedia)
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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