Diagenesis refers to ____________.
A) the development of layering within sedimentary rocks
B) the act of deposition of sediment, which will ultimately form sedimentary rock
C) physical and chemical alterations, including compaction and cementation, that occur as sediment is transformed into rock
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Q1: The removal of detritus from weathered rock
Q2: Chemical and biochemical rocks are classified primarily
Q6: Biochemical limestones are dominated by carbonate mud
Q21: Bedding refers to _.
A) the development of
Q22: Physically precipitated (chemical)limestone that forms in caves
Q24: The thickest sequences of sedimentary rocks are
Q26: Finding mudstone,chalk,and chert together at outcrops suggests
Q28: The smallest detrital grains are _.
A) clay
B)
Q30: Unlike physically precipitated chert,biochemical chert _.
A) is
Q43: As compared with metamorphism,diagenesis
A) means exactly the
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