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Marine environment

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shallow and deep

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Transitional/sedimentary environment

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delta, beach, wave-cut platforms, longshore currents, spit, tombolo

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Alluvial environments

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alluvial fans, bajada

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lacustrine environments

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lake

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fluvial environment

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river, meandering streams, braided streams, drainage patterns

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aeolian environment

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desert (arid), steppe (semiarid), desert pavement, ventifacts, yardanga, dunes

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  1. Marine Environment
    a. Shallow
    – continental * (reef environment)
    carbonate content
    * – buildup structures of carbonate secreting organisms
    1. *– reef is attached with an island
    2. *– reef (lagoon/body of water) island
    3. *– circle of coral reef surrounding a lagoon (no island)
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shelf 
Coral reefs
Fringing 
Barrier 
Atoll
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  1. Marine Environment
    a. *
    – continental shelf (reef environment)
    *carbonate content
    *Coral reefs – buildup * of * secreting organisms
    1. Fringing – reef is * with an *
    2. Barrier – reef — island
    3. Atoll – * of coral reef surrounding a * (no *)
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Shallow
structures , carbonate

attached, island
(lagoon/body of water)
circle, lagoon
island

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b. Deep
- Continental * (sedimentation is low); high relief – sediments tend to go to continental rise/abyssal plain to become * (more on * deposit)
- Continental * (deposit as an effect of submarine landslides); may be cut by submarine canyons; characteristic of Bouma sequence
- Abyssal plains ( ) – *: fine-grained sedimentary rocks rich in silica, volcanic materials from mid-oceanic ridge

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slope
stable, fine-grained

rise, turbiditic
ocean floor
cherts

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  • : streams that flow on complexly-networked shallow depth diverging and converging channel
  • : coarse material (sand and gravel) with a highly variable discharge
  • – response of the drainage system to the type of material and structures (folds, faults, and fractures present in an area)
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Braided streams
Stream’s load
Drainage patterns

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Aeolian Environment
1. * (arid), * (semiarid)
Blowout - Aeolian erosion
* : rainshadow effect (blocks moisture) no precipitation, dry
2. * (due to deflation)
3. *– polished rocks
4. *– elongated; parallel to direction of wind current (abrasion and erosion)

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desert, steppe
Mountain

Desert pavement
Ventifacts
Yardanga

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Deposition:
Dunes: * and * where sand is deposited as wind slows down
* – leeward side; * – stoss side
*migrating towards the direction of the * –> cross beds
Glacial (Glacier}Erosion), plucking *glaciers are melting; abrasion (scratch rocks)
Rocks: Till, stratified drift, moraives

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mounds, ridges
Deposition, erosion
wind

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Deposition:
* : mounds and ridges where sand is deposited as wind slows down
Deposition – * side; erosion – * side
*migrating towards the direction of the wind –> cross beds
Glacial (Glacier}Erosion), plucking *glaciers are melting; abrasion (scratch rocks)
Rocks: Till, stratified drift, moraives

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Dunes

leeward, stoss

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  1. *: shoreline where you don’t have sediments
      • swash (erosion), backswash (deposition)
  3. *– formed from longshore currents (hindi connected sa island) attached to land at upstream
  4. *– sand or gravel bar that connects an island with the mainland or another island
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Wave-cut platform:
Longshore currents
Spit
Tombolo

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Alluvial environments

  1. *: fan-shaped * that accumulate along steep mountain fronts
    • – coalescing *
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Alluvial fans, deposits

Bajada, alluvial fan

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  • environments
    1. Alluvial fans: * deposits that accumulate along steep mountain fronts
    2. Bajada – *alluvial fan
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Alluvial
fan-shaped
coalescing

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  • environments

1. Lake: *body of standing, * (fresh) water

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Lacustrine

landlocked, non-marine

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  • environment (river)
    1. *: river begins
    2. *: river ends
    3. *: down hill
    4. * (small creek or river that runs into a larger one)
    5. * (where two streams meet)
    6. *(empties into lake or ocean; often forms a delta with extensive wetlands)
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Fluvial 
River head
River mouth:
River flow
Tributary
Confluence
Mouth
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Fluvial environment (*)

  1. River head: river *
  2. River mouth: river *
  3. River flow: down *
  4. Tributary (small * or river that runs into a *one)
  5. Confluence (where two streams *)
  6. Mouth (empties into *or *; often forms a *with extensive wetlands)
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river
begins
ends
hill
creek, larger 
meet
lake, ocean
delta
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Meandering streams: streams that move in * on deep and smooth channels while carrying most of their *as suspension

  1. Eroded portion: *
  2. Deposition: *
  3. Natural levels: deposited during *stage
  4. Backswamp: *portion of river
  5. Oxbow lake – connected to *
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sweeping bends, load 
meanderscar
point bar
flood 
dehydrated 
meandering river
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  • : streams that move in sweeping bends on deep and smooth channels while carrying most of their load as *
    1. *: meanderscar
    2. *: point bar
    3. *: deposited during flood stage
    4. *: dehydrated portion of river
    5. * – connected to meandering river
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Meandering streams
suspension
Eroded portion
Deposition
Natural levels
Backswamp
Oxbow lake
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Braided streams: * that flow on complexly-networked shallow depth *

Stream’s load: coarse *(sand and gravel) with a highly variable discharge

Drainage patterns – response of the * to the type of * (folds, faults, and fractures present in an area)

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streams, diverging and converging channel
material
drainage system, material and structures

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Aeolian Environment
1. desert (), steppe ()
Blowout - Aeolian *
Mountain: * (blocks moisture) no precipitation, dry
2. Desert pavement (due to *)
3. Ventifacts – *rocks
4. Yardanga – elongated; parallel to direction of wind current (abrasion and erosion)

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arid, semiarid
erosion
rainshadow effect
deflation
polished
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Aeolian Environment

    • (arid), * (semiarid)
      * - Aeolian erosion
      * : rainshadow effect (blocks moisture) no precipitation, dry
    • (due to deflation)
  3. *– polished rocks
  4. *– elongated; parallel to direction of wind current (abrasion and erosion)
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desert, steppe
Blowout
Mountain

Desert pavement
Ventifacts
Yardanga

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types of sedimentary environments | differentiated using:
* Marine * Transitional * Terrestrial * Physical * Chemical * Biological
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reef environment and high carbon composition
• Continental Shelf
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- composed of carbonate structures formed by carbonate secreting organisms
• Coral Reefs
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coral reef that is directly attached or borders the shore of an island or continent
1. Fringing Reef
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- long narrow coral reef parallel to shore and separated lagoon
2. Barrier Reef
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- continuous or broken circle of coral reef
3. Atoll
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turbiditic deposit formed along the continental rise
Bouma Sequence
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• * 1. Progradation- sediments *towards the sea 2. Retrogradation- sediments * away from the sea • * 1. Transgression- *migration of sea level Carbonate, forms * environment, retrogradation 2. Regression- *migration of sea level Silicon, forms * marine environment, progradation
Sediment Movement advance, retreats Movement of Sea Level landward seaward shallow, deeper
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``` • Sediment Movement 1. *- sediments advance towards the sea 2. *- sediments retreats away from the sea • Movement of Sea Level 1. *- landward migration of sea level *, forms shallow environment, * 2. *- seaward migration of sea level *, forms deeper marine environment, * ```
Progradation Retrogradation Transgression Regression Carbonate - retrogradation Silicon - progradation
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– prograding depositional bodies that form at the point where river deposits in a lake or sea - Similar morphology to an alluvial fan but deposition result from sharp * in velocity as a * enters standing water or ocean
delta | reduction, stream
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Kinds of delta - * (birdfoot delta)- large sediment volume - * – linear features parallel to * and perpendicular to *(sand bars) - *- smoothly arcuate, wave action reworks sediments, much sandier, beach ridges
River Dominated Tide Dominated tidal flow, shore Wave Dominated
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- River Dominated (* delta)- large * volume - Tide Dominated – * parallel to tidal flow and perpendicular to shore (*) - Wave Dominated- smoothly *, wave action reworks *, much sandier, e.g.:*
birdfoot, sediment linear features, sand bars arcuate, sediments beach ridges
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accumulation of sediments found along the landward margin of the ocean
BEACH
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– if there is no sedimentation, the rocky surface interactive with waves
Wave-cut platform
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movement of waves at an angle - Swash: erosion - Backwash: deposition
Longshore transport
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long ridge of sand deposited by longshore current and drift, attached to land at upstream end
Spit
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a sand or gravel bar that connects an island with the mainland or another island
Tombolo
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fan-shaped deposits that accumulate along steep mountain fronts, as mountain stream emerge into relatively flat lowland; a large portion of sediment load is deposited
Alluvial fans
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coalesce alluvial fan
Bajada
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landlocked body of standing, non-marine water
Lake
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*- small creak that runs into a larger one
Tributary
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move in sweeping bends on a deep and smooth channel while carrying most of their load as suspension (snake-like river)
Meandering Stream
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after merging 2 streams in the inner bend, there is an isolation of the bent part and the river will look linear
Osbow lake
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- flow on complexity networked diverging/converging channels, stream’s load- coarse material (sand and gravel) with a highly variable discharge
Braided Stream
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drainage system of braided stream
Drainage pattern
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Drainage pattern - * (tree-like) - * (develops on isolated volcanic cone) - * (developed on bedrock) - * (developed on areas of alternating weak and resistant bedrocks)
Dendritic Radial Rectangular Trellis
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Drainage pattern - Dendritic (*-like) - Radial (develops on isolated *) - Rectangular (developed on *) - Trellis (developed on areas of alternating *)
tree volcanic cone bedrock weak and resistant bedrocks
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(An area having relatively little precipitation due to the effect of a topographic barrier, especially a mountain range, that causes the prevailing winds to lose their moisture on the windward side, causing the leeward side to be dry)
- Rainshadow effect
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Aeolian erosion, sediments are transported
Blowout
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formed through deflation
Desert pavement
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polished rock through Aeolian abrasion/wind erosion
Ventifacts
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remaining portion of rock parallel to the wind direction
Yardang
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mounds and ridges where sand is deposited as wind slows down
Dunes
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– migration, towards the direction of the wind
Cross bed
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* - leeward side | * - Stoss side
Deposition | erosion
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