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How does sediment produce more sediment?

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i do not believe that sediment can produce more sediment.
the sediment forming the Florida platform were made from marine animals. there shells and skelatins and calcium carbonate which helped make limestone. this happend over millions of years of life death and burial.

you can not produce more sediment unless themarein animals in the shallow water die again and make more sedimentery rocks.

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Relevant answers:

What process produces sediments?
Weathering, Erosion, and Masswasting.
When will a river carry more sediment?
After a heavy rain, or in the spring when the snow melts.
What is a sediment?
Made of loose sands, shells and pebbles drifted to the bottom of the seas.
Which condition would a carry more sediment?
The types of erosion that takes place are wind, water, ice, and gravity so water would obviously take more because the ice glaciers, rain, floods, etc would be our main source.
Do slow rivers carry more sediments?
yes