Transcription of Chapter 10 DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS PART I: GENERAL
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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.
• Develop a tentative list of facies. • Refine the list by looking at the section again. • Describe your facies. • Record the vertical succession of facies in the section, in case that might reveal some characteristic kind of upward transition. • Think carefully about the environmental significance of the facies and their succession.
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