Sediment and Sedimentary Rocks
In these notes, you will learn about sediments and their relationship to the Earth's system, detrital sediment, processes of turning sediment into sedimentary rocks, types of sedimentary rocks -- detrital, chemical, and organic -- and sedimentary structures, like bedding, cross-bedding, ripple marks, graded bedding, mud cracks, fossils, and formations. You will also learn about the interpretation of sedimentary rocks, and sedimentary facies and changes to the sea level
Connected book
Written for
- Institution
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University Of Arkansas - Fayetteville
- Course
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GEOS 1113
Document information
- Uploaded on
- October 15, 2023
- Number of pages
- 6
- Written in
- 2023/2024
- Type
- Class notes
- Professor(s)
- Henry turner
- Contains
- All classes
Subjects
- sediment
- sedimentary rocks
- detrital sediment
- gravel
- sand
- mud
- bedding
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cross bedding
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ripple marks
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graded bedding
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mud cracks
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fossils
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formations
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types of sedimentary rocks