How are the degree of sorting and rounding related to the transport (by water) of clastics? What does that tell you about a breccia vs. a conglomerate?Discuss

1. What minerals are most abundant in detrital or clastic sedimentary rocks? Why?
2. What is the primary basis for distinguishing between clastic sedimentary rocks?
3. What is the primary basis for distinguishing among different chemical sedimentary rocks?
4. How are the degree of sorting and rounding related to the transport (by water) of clastics? What does that tell you about a breccia vs. a conglomerate?

 

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