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5.2 What is the link between weathering and sediment?
- Clastic sediments - the solid residues left after weathering
- Physically weathered parts of original rock
- Minerals (e.g., clays) that form by chemical weathering
- Minerals vary in susceptibility to weathering
- Bond type (ionic = weaker vs. covalent = stronger)
- Quartz and clay are the most abundant clastic materials