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Study the place of sedimentary rock in the rock cycle and how geologists classify such geologic formations
Sedimentary rock is created by the bonding of sediment from broken down minerals.
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marine evaporite deposition
Figure 5: Three models for deposition of marine evaporites in basins of restricted...
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carbon cycle
Carbon is transported in various forms through the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and...
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