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Erosion, Sedimentation and Sedimentary Origin of Clays

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Of all the various types of sediment, fine-grained sediments with a high proportion of clay minerals are by far the most abundant. In the marine environment, terrigenous (land-derived) muds cover about 60% of the continental shelves, and almost 40% of the deep ocean basins, amounting in total to about a third of the Earth’s surface (Fig. 4.1). Similarly, although proportionally much smaller in area, continental aquatic environments are often dominated by fine-grained sediments, and these environments include many of the rivers, lakes, deltas and estuaries used extensively by man.

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Hillier, S. (1995). Erosion, Sedimentation and Sedimentary Origin of Clays. In: Velde, B. (eds) Origin and Mineralogy of Clays. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-12648-6_4

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