Transcription of Chapter 10 DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS PART I: GENERAL
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Chapter 10 DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS PART I: GENERAL
Chapter 10 DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS PART I: GENERAL 1. INTRODUCTION What does a sedimentologist mean by environment of deposition? The concept is not as easy to define as you might think. Basically, what the conditions were at the site of deposition. This is usually viewed in terms of an overall geographical complex or entity that has a characteristic set of conditions, like a river or a beach but see below. The term environment is really used in two different ways: THE environment: the aggregate or complex of physical and/or chemical and/or biological conditions that exist or prevail at a given point or in a given local area at a given time or for a period of time.
Chapter 10 DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS PART I: GENERAL 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 What does a sedimentologist mean by environment of deposition?The concept is not as easy to define as you might think. Basically, what the conditions were at the site of deposition.
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