Idk anything right now, I’ll comment the answer later
earth, wind ,fire ,and air
Weathering because it's "wearing" down something to make sediment
Much more because you have a weather nation over the other.
The instrument of choice would be the the clam shell sampler, which is also know as a grab sampler. Another instrument they use is the piston corer which is an open tube on a cable that gets dropped from a ship.