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What does sedimentology mean?

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  1. (geology) The study of natural sediments and of the processes by which they are formed
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Fuller accounts of the sedimentology of these bodies are provided by Browne and Plint and Ielpi et al.
They are closely linked with their companion discipline, sedimentology, which is the study of the host sediments.
It provided a better understanding of palaeosol development, evolution of coral reefs and sedimentology of continental shelves.
The sedimentology, taphonomy and palaeoecology of the Dinosaur Park Formation have been studied in detail.
Recent advances in structural geology, tectonics, petrology and sedimentology call for integration of our observations and thinking about dynamic processes in the litosphere.
Approaches to cave sediments by archaeologists and geoarchaeologists have typically been borrowed directly from sedimentology or soil science.

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