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Deposition in continental environments Flashcards

1
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Rocks in glacial environments? x5

A

till/ boulder clay
breccia/ conglomerate
sandstones

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Sandstone characteristics in a glacial environment? x4

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poorly sorted
coarse
angular
immature and varied

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Sedimentary structures in glacial environments?

A

cross bedding in sandstones

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Features in glacial environments?

A

striations on underlying rock

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Processes in glacial environments?

A

sandstones deposited by melt water streams

till/ boulder clay and breccia/ conglomerate - ice melting, deposition in situ, moraines

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Rocks in fluvial environments? x6

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conglomerate
arkose/ grit
sandstone
clay and silt

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Sandstone characteristics in fluvial environments? x5

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moderately sorted
medium
sub angular to sub rounded
immature (arkose)
varied
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Sedimentary structures in fluvial environments? x3

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cross bedding
asymmetric ripples
imbricate structure

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Fossils in fluvial environments?

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rare plants

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Processes in fluvial environments? x3

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alluvial fans
river channel meanders- point bars
flood plains

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Features in fluvial environments? x3

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channels in conglomerates

cross cutting and fining up sequence in sandstone, clay and silt

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Rocks found in a hot desert? x5

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wadi conglomerates
alluvial fan
arkose
Aeolian sandstone
play lake evaporites
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Sandstone characteristics in a hot desert? x5

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very well sorted
medium
well rounded
mature -quartz
frosted clasts
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Sedimentary structures in a hot desert? x4

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large scale dune cross bedding
asymmetric ripples
desiccation cracks
salt pseudomorphs

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Fossils in a hot desert?

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rare trace fossils

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Processes in hot desert? x3

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wadi conglomerates- torrential flash floods fill valleys

aeloian sandstones- dunes - barchans and seif

play lake evaporates- playa lake evaporation

17
Q

Features in a hot desert? x2

A

frosted grains

red iron oxide

18
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Rock found in deltaic environments? x5

A

coal
seat earth
sandstone
clay and shale

19
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Sandstone characteristics of deltaic environments?

20
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Sedimentary structures found in deltaic environments? x3

A

cross bedding
root marks
burrows

21
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fossils in deltaic environments? x2

A

plants and bivalves

22
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processes in deltaic environments? x3

A

topsets- delta top swamps
forest- delta front
bottomset- marine clay

23
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features found in deltaic environments? x3

A

coarsening up
cyclothem
channels- lateral variation

Sedimentary rocks (8 decks)

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