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The mechanical and chemical weathering products of rocks, after they have been transported and redeposited, are called sediments. The transporting agents are water, wind, and ice, and in rare instances organisms. Deposition takes place under the influence of gravity, as a result of settling, flocculation, and chemical precipitation, the latter either directly or through the action of organisms. Likewise evaporite deposits are sediments because they are redistributed products of weathering. On the other hand tuffs, even though sedimented after transport, are not sediments because they are not products of weathering.
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Correns, C.W. (1969). Sedimentary Rocks. In: Introduction to Mineralogy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-28578-7_8
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