TERM 1
10. Most common type of sedimentary
rock?
DEFINITION 1
mudstone
TERM 2
What mineral is most common in sedimentary
deposits?
DEFINITION 2
Clay minerals composed of montmorillenite, illite, chlorite,
kaolinite all combined these are the most abundent most
common mineralitself is quartz
TERM 3
types of physical weathering
DEFINITION 3
thermal frost wedging
TERM 4
erosion
DEFINITION 4
process by which soil and rock are removed from the Earth's
surface by exogenic processes such as wind or water flow,
and then transported and deposited in other locations.
TERM 5
matrix
DEFINITION 5
The matrix or groundmass of rock is the finer grained mass of
material in which larger grains, crystals or clasts are
embedded.
