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Decks in this class (13)

Transport, Weathering & Bonding
What are some transportation agen...,
What are the various grain sizes ...,
What is the percentage breakdown ...
40  cards
Weathering
What are examples of physical wea...,
What is frost wedging freeze thaw 2,
What is exfoliation 3
24  cards
Fluid Flows, Transport
What is mass wasting 1,
What are the two types of fluid f...,
In terms of fluid flows what are ...
26  cards
Siliciclastic Sandstones
What are the different classifica...,
The more mud the more less mature...,
T f immature sandstone has no fel...
18  cards
Carbonates
What are the carbonate minerals 1,
What is the chemical reaction tha...,
What are some differences between...
15  cards
Sedimentary Structures
What are bedforms dependent on 1,
Generally will you have mud with ...,
What did johannes walther contrib...
27  cards
Fluvial Systems - alluvial fans and braided streams
Cone shaped deposit of coarse str...,
In terms of fluvial systems what ...,
What are some ways you can identi...
46  cards
Diagenisis
What is diagenesis 1,
What is compaction 2,
What is cementation 3
11  cards
Fluvial Systems - meandering streams and lacustrine
What sediment size dominates mean...,
What are some characteristics of ...,
What is a flood plain 3
35  cards
Shore & Shelf
_______ are elongate sandy island...,
What is wave base 2,
Where on a typical beach profile ...
33  cards
Peritidal
Peritidal environments are _____ ...,
Peritidal environments don t have...,
T f in peritidal environments the...
16  cards
Carbonate Environments
For dunham s grainstones would yo...,
For dunham s mudtsones are they h...,
What would cause a buildup of car...
43  cards
Deep Water
What are the three parts of deep ...,
The edge of a continental slope i...,
How might something like an earth...
33  cards

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