Sediment grain size: a) What is the relationship between (1)…
Sediment grain size: a) What is the relationship between (1) the size of sediment grains and (2) the energy of the water that carries those sediment grains? Notes:1. This question is not about well-sorted versus poorly sorted sediments. It’s about grain size.2. You should assume that the water we are talking about does not change the grain size of the sediments; it simply carries them. b) Suggest what oceanographers can learn from mapping the grain sizes of sediment that has settled onto the seafloor.
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