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If you were to find a clean well-sorted sandstone what geologic events may have caused this? How are these events different from those that form an arkose?

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Answer: Arenite

Step-by-step explanation:

Arenite can be defined as the sedimentary clastic rock.

It is of the sand grain size.

It also comprises of matrix.

It is a metamorphosed sediment.

Arenite is formed by the erosion of the turbiditic re-deposition of the sands. It belongs to silicatic limestones.

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