Earth System History
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781429255264
Author: Steven M. Stanley
Publisher: MAC HIGHER
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Chapter 5, Problem 4RQ
To determine
The kind of nonmarine setting that comprises the accumulation of gravelly sediments.
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