Which process drives preferential mineral sorting within alluvial deposits?

💡 Explanation

Sediments in alluvial deposits sort by density; hydraulic equivalence sorting separates particles of different sizes/densities that settle at similar rates because water flows over sediment beds, therefore, the densest material concentrates, rather than weather unevenly or react to unrelated pressure gradients.

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