Texture (grain size, shape, sorting): Mostly sand (1/16 - 2mm grains). Composition (detrital, biochemical, chemical): Detrital sediment grains; derived from the mechanical and chemical weathering of continental rocks, which are comprised mostly of silicate minerals Other distinctive properties: May contain fossils Common depositional environment: Occurs in many different terrestrial and marine environments; requires deposition of sediment and compaction
