GL3442 Scdimentation
and Stratigraphl,
Laboratory
Exercise
4
(25 pts.)
Sedimentary
Structures
PURPOSE: To acquaint
you with some of the more common sedimentary
structures,
and their applications
as environmental
indicators.
PROCEDURE:
The following
questions
correspond,
by number,
to the provided
samples. Study each sample. Then answer
the corresponding
questions. You will
be graded
on completeness,
so makeyour answers as complete as is appropriate.
lf a depositional
history
is requested,
make sure
that your
interpretation
addresses
all structures
and
lithologic
features
present
in the samples.
lf the concretion
you
are asked
to identify
is a special
kind of concretion,
specify
it as such. The
following
references
may be of use
to you, and are
in Rhodes Hall
rm 1 14.
Blatt, H., Middleton,
G., and Murray, R., 1980, Oriqin
of Sedimentarv
Rocks:
Prentice-Hall,
lnc., Englewood
Cliffs, New Jersey,782 p.
Fritz, W.J., and Moore, J.N., 1988, Basics
of Phvsical
Stratiqraphv
and
Sedimentoloqv:
John Wileyand Sons,
Inc., New York, New York,371 p.
Friedman,
G.M., Sanders,
J.E., and Kopaska-Merkel,
D.C., 1992, Principles
of
Sedimentarv
Deposits: Macmillan
Publishing
Company, New York, New
York, 717 p.
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