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marine evaporite deposition

Illustrated diagram of the carbon cycle showing how carbon moves as carbon dioxide through the atmosphere, water, living organisms, rocks, and soil. It depicts processes like photosynthesis, respiration, sedimentation, volcanic activity, fossil fuel use, and carbon sequestration, with arrows indicating the flow between air, water, plants, animals, rocks, and industrial sources.

Study the place of sedimentary rock in the rock cycle and how geologists classify such geologic formations

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char khabari accretion deposit zone of deposition settling velocity equation hydraulic equivalence alluvium settling sediment flood cementation lithification diagenesis compaction sedimentary rock marine sediment terrigenous sediment authigenic sediment clay

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William Henry Twenhofel

American geologist