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Sedimentary Rock Classification
Clastics
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How You Classify It Is How You Think About It
Lynn S. Fichter, Department of Geology and
Environmental Science, James Madison University.
2006
Contact Information
http//csmres.jmu.edu/geollab/Fichter/Fichter/Fich
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