Sedimentology encompasses the study of modern sediments such as sand, silt, and clay, and the processes that result in their formation, transport, deposition and diagenesis. Sedimentary
geology is a branch of
geology concerned with the study of sedimentary rocks.The main goal of sedimentary
geology is to interpret the origin and distribution of sedimentary rocks in terms of the physico-chemical and biological processes that led to their formation.
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