Sedimentology
![Heavy minerals (dark) deposited in a [[quartz](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/HeavyMineralsBeachSand.jpg)
Sedimentary rocks cover up to 75% of the Earth's surface, record much of the Earth's history, and harbor the fossil record. Sedimentology is closely linked to stratigraphy, the study of the physical and temporal relationships between rock layers or strata.
The premise that the processes affecting the earth today are the same as in the past is the basis for determining how sedimentary features in the rock record were formed. By comparing similar features today to features in the rock record—for example, by comparing modern sand dunes to dunes preserved in ancient aeolian sandstones—geologists reconstruct past environments. Provided by Wikipedia
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