The degree to which detrital particles have had their sharp edges and corners smoothed off by abrasion is ____.

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The term that describes the smoothing of detrital particles is "rounding." Varve refers to an annual layer of sediment, cross-bedding refers to the internal arrangement of sediment layers, drift describes a mass of floating ice or snow, and sorting refers to how particles are separated by size.

The Degree to Which Detrital Particles Have Had Their Sharp