During the process of ____________________________, minerals form...

During the process of ____________________________, minerals form to bind the clasts of particles together.

Select one:

a. Deposition.

b. Saltation.

c. Cementation.

d. Lithification.

Wind deposited sands are termed ___________________.

Select one:

a. Aeolian cross beds.

b. 

Fluvial cross beds.

c. 

Turbidity sorting.

d. 

Superimposed laminations

Ancient Chert beds combined with deposits of Iron oxides form a specific and important formation known as a ______________________________.

Select one:

a. Mudstone.

b. Arenite

c. BIF

d. Tufa

Coal beds originate in _______________________.

Select one:

a. Deep marine basins below wave action.

b. Shallow lakes in arid regions.

c. Channels of fast moving water.

d. Freshwater coastal swamps and bogs.

Large clasts on the bottom of moving water are moved by

Select one:

a. Dissolution

b. Saltation.

c. Traction.

d. Suspension.

Laminated bedding with small alternating distinctive summer and winter layers composed of silt and clay are called 

Select one:

a. varves

b. sandur

c. drop stones

d. glaciomarine

Which of the following sedimentary features could be used to determine the original current direction (paleo currents)?

Select one:

a. Mud cracks and ripple marks.

b. Fossils and mud cracks.

c. Ripple marks and cross bedding.

d. Grain sorting and ripple marks.