The thickest sequences of sedimentary rocks are typically found in ____________.
A) the oceans, beside the mid-ocean ridges
B) the interior of the largest continents
C) sedimentary basins, broad depressions that catch sediment
D) mountain belts, broad areas where rock and sediment are uplifted
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Q2: Chemical and biochemical rocks are classified primarily
Q6: Biochemical limestones are dominated by carbonate mud
Q11: Physical precipitation of gypsum due to evaporation
Q21: Bedding refers to _.
A) the development of
Q22: Physically precipitated (chemical)limestone that forms in caves
Q25: Diagenesis refers to _.
A) the development of
Q26: Finding mudstone,chalk,and chert together at outcrops suggests
Q28: The smallest detrital grains are _.
A) clay
B)
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A) means exactly the
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