The natural sediments that hold clasts together precipitate in the empty pore spaces after compaction. Those precipitates come from
A) water containing dissolved materials.
B) outward growth of the original clasts.
C) the alignment of clay particles.
A) water containing dissolved materials.
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a. true b. false
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