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Sediments Sediments are small pieces of rock that are moved and deposited by water, wind, glaciers, and gravity.
Weathering Weathering produces rock and mineral fragments known as sediments.
Chemical Weathering Chemical weathering occurs when the minerals in a rock are dissolved or otherwise chemically changed.
Physical Weathering During physical weathering, however, minerals remain chemically unchanged.
Erosion Erosion is the removal and transport of sediment is called
Deposition Deposition occurs is when transported sediments are deposited on the ground or sink to the bottom of a body of water
Lithification Lithification, the physical and chemical processes that transform sediments into sedimentary rocks.
Compaction Compaction is the weight of overlying sediments that forces the sediment grains closer together
Cementation Cementation occurs when mineral growth glues sediment grains together into solid rock.
Bedding Bedding is the primary feature of sedimentary rocks that is horizontal layering.
Graded bedding Graded bedding is the bedding in which the particle sizes become progressively heavier and coarser toward the bottom layers.
Cross Bedding Cross-bedding, is formed as inclined layers of sediment are deposited across a horizontal surface.
Ripple Marks When sediment is moved into small ridges by wind or wave action or by a river current, ripple marks form.
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