Which process causes increased sorting within alluvial fans?

💡 Explanation

Differential sedimentation sorts particles because heavier ones deposit earlier, therefore, smaller grains travel further down the alluvial fan compared to proximal regions. Progressive flow stratification is incorrect; chaotic loading and evaporites explain no sorting whatsoever; rather, it is the flow regime combined with grain mass change.

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