This is the word geologists use for loose pieces of minerals and rock. The particles are transported by wind, water, or ice, and/or the force of gravity and eventually deposited.

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Isla Hendricks

Chemistry

2 February, 17:22

This is the word geologists use for loose pieces of minerals and rock. The particles are transported by wind, water, or ice, and/or the force of gravity and eventually deposited.

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Jazmine Mcpherson · Answer 1

Sediments

Sediments are solid materials that were broken down by the process of erosion, weather and transported by the water, wind or glaciers and then deposited in a new location. Sediment can consist of minerals and rocks and can be as small as a grain of sand or as large as a boulder.