Multiple Choice
What does a sand that is: very well rounded, well sorted, and quartz rich suggest?
A) that it has travelled a short distance and hasn't had time to get contaminated
B) that it has travelled a great distance in a uniform flow or has had more than one cycle of weathering, transport, and deposition.
C) that it had a very high velocity of transport
D) that it was derived from a young mountain belt with lots of granite
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