Sediment and Sedimentary Rock
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The two primary types of sediment are detrital
and chemical. Sedimentary rock is simply rock
made up of consolidated sediments.
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Detrital
sediment consists
of solid particles, products
of mechanical weathering.
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Chemical
sediments
consist of minerals
precipitated from solution
by inorganic processes
and by the activities of
organisms thru chemical
weathering.
Fig. 6.15, p. 150