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CHAPTER 4 - WEATHERING, EROSION, DEPOSITIONS AND LANDSCAPES - Pg 81 - 114
56. Under what condition might these particles settle out of a water solution?
57. What are particles which settle out of a solution called?
58. Describe the shape of a particle which settles the slowest.
59. Among particles of the same average size and shape, which particles will settle the fastest?
60. What is the relationship between settling rate and settling time?
61. What does deposition depend on?
62. What type of particles settle (deposited) nearest the ocean shoreline?
63. Describe the particles which are deposited farthest from the ocean shoreline?
64. Describe horizontal sorting.
65. Describe vertical sorting.
66. Describe graded bedding.
67. How are sediments deposited when gravity acts as an agent of erosion?
68. When a river enters a large body of water, what generally occurs with the sediments it is transporting?
69. Describe a dune.