Physical Geology Syllabis

All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full:
unto the place from whence the rivers come,
thither they return again.

- Biblical ?

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Sedimentary Rocks
Generic history

weathering
transportation
decomposition
deposition
lithification

compaction
cementation
crystallization

Mechanisms of deposition
Classification

clastic
nonclastic

Wentworth grainsize scale
conglomerates,sandstones,silstones,shale
limestone,dolomite,chert,evaporites
coal,chalk,diatomite,coquina

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