Compaction Would Probably Be Most Significant as a Lithification Process

question 61

Multiple Choice

Compaction would probably be most significant as a lithification process for ___________.

• A) shale
• B) conglomerate
• C) breccia
• D) sandstone

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Definitions:

Observations

Data points or recorded information obtained from experimental or study designs, representing individual examples of the variables being studied.

Median

The middle value in a list of numbers, which separates the higher half from the lower half.

First Quartile

The value below which 25% of the data falls in a data set, representing the median of the lower half of the dataset.

25th Percentile

Represents the value below which 25% of the data points in a dataset fall.